Forgotten soldier

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I was reading forgotten soldiers by Guy Sajer, and there was a moment when he was chilling out with his crush near airfield. Then there was an alarm and bombing run, so bunch of planes took off. And Sajer said something about fw190 and fw195 that they make to climb high and dive on ememy bomber formations. I know that knowledge of military for regular soldiers, especially a teen one isn't great, they did not have Wikipedia to check it all so you often see these mistakes in books where someone see a big tank and calls it tiger. Just like pancerfaust in 1942 that soldier claimed they used, and they probably had something different but just called it pancerfaust.

 

So back to fw195, anyone knows what he meant? There is no way he was talking about a huge bomber climbing fast and diving on enemy bombers. The only thing I found was focke wulf project 195 which was heavy 6 engine transport. Any idea what he could have in mind when talking about fighters that were suppose to attack these big bombers formations?

[bzc3lk]

"Sajer stressed the non-technical and anecdotal nature of his book in a 1997 letter to US Army historian Douglas Nash, stating "Apart from the emotions I brought out, I confess my numerous mistakes. That is why I would like that this book may not be used under [any] circumstances as a strategic or chronological reference."

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forgotten_Soldier

 

Might just be a "lost in translation" moment ,  especially after reading the above statement.

Edited July 7, 2018 by bzc3lk

[InProgress]

I know that this books is full of mistakes when it comes to locations, front informations, vehicles, weapons and more. Bunch of books written by soldiers is, that's the beauty of it. They just did not know back then what was going on, it gives you nice view about these events and what soldiers knew back then. But that's not the point, I am just curious what plane he could be refering to, he said fw190 and fw195, year was 1943, so what planes were engaging bombers? (day light) Fw190 was probably true, i don't think  he meant 109, it was just too well known to mistake it with anything. So what could fw195 be?

 

I am so sad that Ernst got killed

Edited July 7, 2018 by InProgress

[Dakpilot]

I would hazard a guess that he is just referring to the latest "dedicated bomber attack" version of FW-190 and assuming a number "upgrade" to 195

When did the up armoured up gunned home defence versions first enter service? Or perhaps he is referencing new  A5 version? An easy mistake/assumption for a non expert at the time. 

 

Cheers, Dakpilot 

[Trooper117]

Read that book many, many years ago... in fact it still resides on my bookshelf now 

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On 7/7/2018 at 11:42 AM, Dakpilot said:

I would hazard a guess that he is just referring to the latest "dedicated bomber attack" version of FW-190 and assuming a number "upgrade" to 195

hmm could be just diffrent version of Fw190.

 

22 hours ago, Trooper117 said:

Read that book many, many years ago... in fact it still resides on my bookshelf now 

Yea :P it's one of the best books from ww2 I have ever read. Feels bad that he never returned to Paula :/ wonder what happend to her...

[purK]

Mistakes or not it's still great book, I own a physical copy and recently bought the audio book for long drives. ☺️