This exciting book tells the combat biographies of seven Luftwaffe aces: three day-fighter pilots, one night-fighter pilot, one close-support pilot, and two bomber pilots. This mix of well-known and less famous pilots includes Heinz Bor, who had 221 victories and was an ME 262 ace; Otto Kittel, the fourth-highest Luftwaffe ace with 267 kills; Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, a leading night-fighter ace with 121 kills; Wilhelm Batz, whose two-year combat career ended with 237 kills in the elite JG 52; Otto Weiss, a close-support pilot in the Hs 123 and Hs 129; Joachim Helbig, who flew the Ju 88 bomber over Malta; and Ludwig Havighorst, who served first with the infantry and then the Luftwaffe, where he flew fifty bombing missions over Stalingrad.
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Franz Kurowski is the author of numerous books on World War II.
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Not Just the History, but The Men Who Made History,
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This review is from: Luftwaffe Aces: German Combat Pilots of World War II (Stackpole Military History Series) (Paperback)
This series of "Aces" books from Stackpole is both excellent and eye opening. Most of us who are interested in the history of World War II know the general stories. We know the broad pictures of what happened, when it happened and so on. What was missing, and I didn't even know it, was a sense of who were these men who fought so hard for so long for what most of us thing was a very bad cause.
This book tells the story of seven of the Luftwaffe Aces. Not just fighter pilots but people in all branches of the Luftwaffe: bombers, night fighters, ground support. These men (usually) had joined the Luftwaffe a few years before the war, and unless killed were still flying at the end of the war. They each completed hundreds, if not a thousand missions - not to degrade the 25-35 missions flown by the 8th air force crews. These men were the best the Luftwaffe could put up. And good men they were. Frank Kurowski, the author of numerous books on World War II has put together a masterpiece.
23 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
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not real history at all,
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This review is from: Luftwaffe Aces: German Combat Pilots of World War II (Stackpole Military History Series) (Paperback)
...this work originally appeared in the German magazine "Der Landser" under the pen-name of Altmann and is one of Kurowski's more indifferent offerings..the writing style well fits the original 'comic' format. Kurowski is an extremely prolific author but his huge output leaves question-marks over the veracity of much of what he writes here, the rest of it is just sheer hyperbole..eg the lengthy scene wherein Heinz Bär receives a dressing down from Göring...some two pages of dialogue - yet the only two participants died long before Kurowski wrote this....there are no sources, no references, no bibliography...as far as I'm concerned this is pure 'novelisation' ..no other word for it
I also have big issues with the translation ..its a little too over the top..
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Great book,
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This review is from: Luftwaffe Aces: German Combat Pilots of World War II (Stackpole Military History Series) (Paperback)
There is a notable lack of detailed biographical info on many Luftwaffe pilots. Schnaufer and Kittel are legendary, while some like Weiss and Havighorst are less well-known, but deserving of attention. The information is interesting, well-written and would definitely be useful to anyone interested in the individual Luftwaffe members, most of whom do not have full biographies on them.
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It may be said without exaggeration that Joachim Helbig was one of the outstanding officers of the German bomber arm in the Second World War. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
night fighter wing, antiaircraft zone, group command post, wing command post, most successful fighter pilot, fighter corps, headquarters flight, new wing commander, wild dogfight, strip alert, first enemy aircraft, antitank role, northern pincer, coveted decoration, most successful pilots, wing headquarters, fighter arm, fighter division, enemy aircraft shot, heavy antiaircraft fire, exploding rounds, dispersal area, bomber stream, victory total, cannon rounds Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Otto Kittel, Eastern Front, Wilhelm Batz, Ludwig Havighorst, Joachim Helbig, Panzer Division, Red Army, Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, Iron Cross, First Class, Soviet Union, Fighter Formation, Major Spielvogel, Second World War, Infantry Division, Adolf Galland, Bomb Wing, Close-Support Squadron, German Cross, Helbig Flyers, Infantry Training Regiment, Operation Citadel, Panzer Group, Battle of Britain, North Africa New!
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It may be said without exaggeration that Joachim Helbig was one of the outstanding officers of the German bomber arm in the Second World War. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
night fighter wing, antiaircraft zone, group command post, wing command post, most successful fighter pilot, fighter corps, headquarters flight, new wing commander, wild dogfight, strip alert, first enemy aircraft, antitank role, northern pincer, coveted decoration, most successful pilots, wing headquarters, fighter arm, fighter division, enemy aircraft shot, heavy antiaircraft fire, exploding rounds, dispersal area, bomber stream, victory total, cannon rounds Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Otto Kittel, Eastern Front, Wilhelm Batz, Ludwig Havighorst, Joachim Helbig, Panzer Division, Red Army, Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, Iron Cross, First Class, Soviet Union, Fighter Formation, Major Spielvogel, Second World War, Infantry Division, Adolf Galland, Bomb Wing, Close-Support Squadron, German Cross, Helbig Flyers, Infantry Training Regiment, Operation Citadel, Panzer Group, Battle of Britain, North Africa New!
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