sallee Posted June 28, 2014 Posted June 28, 2014 I don't know if you've seen this. Not Eastern Front as far as I know (just got the Kindle edition and haven't really statrted) but it's the only stuka memoirs I've seen other than Rudel's. http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_18?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=memoirs%20of%20a%20stuka%20pilot&sprefix=memoirs+of+a+stuka%2Caps%2C232
javelina Posted June 28, 2014 Posted June 28, 2014 thanks for the heads up. I finished Rudel's book a while back. Currently blazing through "A Higher Call", (Franz Stigler and Charlie Brown). A great read.
Cybermat47 Posted June 29, 2014 Posted June 29, 2014 Isn't that book required reading for anyone who flys Warthogs?
javelina Posted June 29, 2014 Posted June 29, 2014 (edited) _Cybermat47" post="131938" timestamp="1404008806"] Isn't that book required reading for anyone who flys Warthogs? Rudel's? Yes, it should be. Edited June 29, 2014 by javelina
707shap_Srbin Posted June 29, 2014 Posted June 29, 2014 "CONVERSATIONS WITH A STUKA PILOT" CONFERENCE FEATURING PAUL-WERNER HOZZEL, BRIG. GENERAL (RET.), GERMAN AIR FORCE AT THE NATIONAL WAR LOLLEGE NOVEMBER 1978 He flew in Ju87 over Stalingrad.
Tompa_73 Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 Im really enjoying Stuka Pilot by Hans Ulrich Rudel, gives a good insight to what they what actually doing up there in the air.(or on ground for that matter.) How does Helmut Mahhlke´s book compare to his? Also, does anyone knows any similar books but with the He-111 or JU-88?
sallee Posted July 17, 2014 Author Posted July 17, 2014 (edited) Haven't started yet. For Ju88 try Diving Eagle by Peter Stahl. Edited July 17, 2014 by sallee
LLv34_Flanker Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 S! Peter Stahl's book is good about Ju88. He flew up north too. I should dig my books up and see, but no shelf yet so packed down
sallee Posted July 22, 2014 Author Posted July 22, 2014 Just getting into Mahlke's book now. The most noticeable thing to start with is what a brilliant translation it is. A lot of translations from German are horribly stilted, but this reads as if it is in the original. A feeling that it is written by a German, but without awful changes of tone. It also seems to have been translated or edited by someone with technical knowledge. It makes a very good read. Very interestingly, he had joined the navy and was destined to fly from the Graf Zeppelin (never completed of course)... I've also just ordered Walter Schuck's memoirs; http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1902109066/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Looks interesting.
sallee Posted July 31, 2014 Author Posted July 31, 2014 Yes. I've got it now. As near to the Arctic Circle as you can get for a fighter pilot's memoirs? It looks very interesting and, again, well translated.
LLv34_Flanker Posted August 4, 2014 Posted August 4, 2014 S! He visited Rovaniemi Rovaniemi was quite a big base for Luftwaffe. Konrad Knabe and the Recon planes were stationed here, Stuka school and also Bf110's and Fw190's/Bf109's. Repair shops were also present for bombers.
indiaciki Posted September 8, 2014 Posted September 8, 2014 Don't know if anybody posted this before. It's great. 3h interview (Stuka pilot): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxDkoIVcq6o
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