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Title: book request: something written by a german pilot
Post by: the4ork on February 21, 2015, 12:17:50 PM

Lots out there from us pilots, have not seen any german pilot books. Perhaps because most of their aces did not survive the war?

Title: Re: book request: something written by a german pilot
Post by: mbailey on February 21, 2015, 12:27:40 PM

Gunther Rall a Memoir

Gunther Rall My Logbook

Title: Re: book request: something written by a german pilot
Post by: WpnX on February 21, 2015, 12:29:07 PM

This one tells both sides of the story from German and US perspective. True story and may be the best book I've ever read.

"A Higher Call"

Title: Re: book request: something written by a german pilot
Post by: Arlo on February 21, 2015, 12:33:44 PM

http://www.amazon.com/WWII-GERMAN-PILOT-MEMOIRS-BIOGRAPHIES/lm/R1909SEFI2LLB1

Title: Re: book request: something written by a german pilot
Post by: Devil 505 on February 21, 2015, 12:57:17 PM

Quote from: WpnX on February 21, 2015, 12:29:07 PM

This one tells both sides of the story from German and US perspective. True story and may be the best book I've ever read.
"A Higher Call"

A superb read - there are none better in my opinion.

Quote from: mbailey on February 21, 2015, 12:27:40 PM

Gunther Rall My Logbook

Good luck finding this one for under $600. I read excerpts online via the publisher's website a few years ago, but they've been removed.

I highly recommend "Messerschmitts over Sicily" by Johannes Steinhoff. He was the commander of Jg 77 in Sicily during the summer of 1943 and this book is revealing in showing the impossible situation the Luftwaffe found itself in. The biggest obstacle he faces was not the Allies, but the ineptitude of the High Command(I.E. Goering).

Title: Re: book request: something written by a german pilot
Post by: Dichotomy on February 21, 2015, 09:43:23 PM

I flew for the fuhrer?

Title: Re: book request: something written by a german pilot
Post by: kilo2 on February 22, 2015, 12:26:53 AM

Luftwaffe Fighter Ace-Norbert Hanning

Luftwaffe Eagle: 206 Combat Victories in the Me 109 and Me 262-Walter Schuck

Title: Re: book request: something written by a german pilot
Post by: Guppy35 on February 22, 2015, 01:51:46 AM

"Betrayed Skies" by Rudolf Braunburg.  The author was a young 190 pilot who managed to survive being seriously wounded.

He clearly loved flying the 190A.  Combat not so much.  But it's a good view from a German pilot who wasn't an Ace. 

I found my copy in a used book store many years ago now and I go back and re-read it fairly often.

Title: Re: book request: something written by a german pilot
Post by: Brooke on February 22, 2015, 02:30:16 AM

"The First and the Last", by Galland

Although not itself written by German pilots, "JG26:  Top Guns of the Luftwaffe", by Caldwell is a daily history of JG26 written from their records, personal diaries, and interviews with JG26 pilots.

Title: Re: book request: something written by a german pilot
Post by: -ammo- on February 22, 2015, 02:46:16 AM

The German Aces Speak by Colin Heath.  Gallant, Falck, Neumann, and Krupinski interviewed.

Title: Re: book request: something written by a german pilot
Post by: Krupinski on February 22, 2015, 06:54:07 AM

Quote from: -ammo- on February 22, 2015, 02:46:16 AM

The German Aces Speak by Colin Heath.  Gallant, Falck, Neumann, and Krupinski interviewed.

This.

Title: Re: book request: something written by a german pilot
Post by: MiloMorai on February 22, 2015, 09:47:40 AM

Quote from: Arlo on February 21, 2015, 12:33:44 PM

http://www.amazon.com/WWII-GERMAN-PILOT-MEMOIRS-BIOGRAPHIES/lm/R1909SEFI2LLB1

Don't bother with No.4. unless you like reading 'tall tales'.

Interesting read on this Luftwaffe ace, http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/showthread.php?t=206588

Title: Re: book request: something written by a german pilot
Post by: helbent on February 23, 2015, 10:14:56 AM

Why are the German books sooo expensive?  IE The Blonde Knight of Germany  $60-$100

Title: Re: book request: something written by a german pilot
Post by: MrGeezer on February 23, 2015, 11:54:26 AM

"Der Rot Kampfflieger"     ("The Red Battle Flier")

Rittmeister  Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen


The guy who started it all.

Title: Re: book request: something written by a german pilot
Post by: Ack-Ack on February 23, 2015, 03:00:28 PM

Messerschmitts over Sicily
Stuka Pilot
Memoirs of a Stuka Pilot
The Blond Knight of Germany

Title: Re: book request: something written by a german pilot
Post by: Brooke on February 23, 2015, 04:27:56 PM

Quote from: helbent on February 23, 2015, 10:14:56 AM

Why are the German books sooo expensive?  IE The Blonde Knight of Germany  $60-$100

In general, that book can be purchased for $5-$20:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=blond+knight+of+germany