Description

"LUFTWAFFE PILOTS IN WORLD WAR II: The Veterans' Stories Volume 1"contains absolutely unique and hitherto unknown facts and personal accounts by Luftwaffe veterans themselves.

Author Christer Bergström enjoys the reputation of being one of the world's foremost experts on World War II. He has published 32 books on the subject, most of them in English.

This book answers question: What was it like to be a pilot in Hitler's Luftwaffe during World War II? Bergström allows the veterans themselves to provide the answer.

Here you will find things that often don't usually appear in ordinary books about the war.

This first volume contains headlines such as: What was it like to be a pilot in Hitler's Luftwaffe during World War II? What did the veterans say? * "Assi" Hahn tells his story * The terrible "Jochen" Marseille * "Let's not talk about that" Uncomfortable Luftwaffe facts * The Luftwaffe's real results beyond the claims- facts and figures.

From the Swedish Library Service's review of German pilots Vol 1:

"Well written and engaging... richly illustrated with, among other things, photos from the veterans' private photo albums. It is also packed with facts and statistics in several appendices. Christer Bergström is an internationally leading expert on the Luftwaffe during World War II. He has been studying the subject for decades and has written several excellent books on the subject. "

- Tord Rönnholm, BTJ Booklet no. 24, 2018.