Wings of War: An Airman?s Diary of the Last Year of the War

Rudolf Stark

ISBN 10: 1612001874 / ISBN 13: 9781612001876

Verlag: Casemate Publishers, 2015

This is a rare day-to-day account by a young German squadron leader in Jagdstaffel 35 during the grim last year of the war. Originally published in 1933, it provides minute descriptions of kills, losses, and the Germans' step-by-step retreat in the face of increasingly overwhelming Allied forces in the air. Num Pages: 228 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; BJ; HBJD; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 316. . 2015. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers V9781612001876

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This is a rare day-to-day account by a young German squadron leader in Jagdstaffel 35 during the grim last year of the war. Originally published in 1933, it provides minute descriptions of kills, losses and the Germans' step-by-step retreat in the face of increasingly overwhelming Allied forces in the air.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: After the war Stark, like many of the young men whose lives had been torned and transformed by the conflict, became somewhat of an adventurer. He flew for a while with Polizei-Fliegerstaffel 1 at Schleissheim, then as a test-pilot for Dornier. After that he went to South Africa only to return to his homeland in 1926 - a hard year of inflationand soaring unemployment - where he painted advertaisements, and even became farmer for a short while. Pressed by financiel difficulties and driven by his strong desire to fly again, Stark joined the secret German airforce with the rank of Oberleutnant. During the second World War he commanded an airfield in Italy. He died in 1982.

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Titel: Wings of War: An Airman?s Diary of the Last ...
Verlag: Casemate Publishers
Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: New