Luftwaffe eagle : a WWII German airman's story /
Sommer, Erich, 1912-2005,
Luftwaffe eagle : a WWII German airman's story / Erich Sommer ; edited and expanded by J. Richard Smith. - 1 online resource (222 pages) : illustrations
Includes index.
Cover -- Book Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CHAPTER 1 Childhood and School Years -- CHAPTER 2 The Brewery Years -- CHAPTER 3 Poland and the Phoney War -- CHAPTER 4 The Battle for Norway -- CHAPTER 5 Night-Bombing Missions -- CHAPTER 6 Training and Replacement -- CHAPTER 7 Diversion to Casablanca -- CHAPTER 8 The High-Altitude Kommando -- CHAPTER 9 Radar Kommando Götz -- CHAPTER 10 The Beginning of My Career as a Pilot -- CHAPTER 11 A Wasted Opportunity -- CHAPTER 12 Kommando Sperling -- CHAPTER 13 Kommando Hecht -- CHAPTER 14 Kommando Sommer -- CHAPTER 15 The End and a New Beginning -- AFTERWORD -- APPENDIX Memories of Horst Götz -- LIST OF TERMINOLOGY -- Index.
In this compelling memoir, Erich Sommer recalls his life in pre-war Germany and the adventures he had flying for the Luftwaffe during the Second World War. Born in 1912, the third son of a district court judge, Erich grew up in an atmosphere of uncertainty following the First World War. In 1932 he started training as a brewery engineer, shortly afterwards the Nazis came to power. The implications this had on the lives of average Germans are described in great detail.
9781911621737 1911621734
Sommer, Erich, 1912-2005.
Germany. Luftwaffe.
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, German.
Fighter pilots--Germany--Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Historical.
HISTORY--Western.--Europe
Fighter pilots.
Military campaigns.
Military operations, Aerial--German.
Germany.
Electronic books.
Personal narratives.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Personal narratives--German.
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives.
D787 / .S66 2018eb
940.5/44943/092
Luftwaffe eagle : a WWII German airman's story / Erich Sommer ; edited and expanded by J. Richard Smith. - 1 online resource (222 pages) : illustrations
Includes index.
Cover -- Book Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CHAPTER 1 Childhood and School Years -- CHAPTER 2 The Brewery Years -- CHAPTER 3 Poland and the Phoney War -- CHAPTER 4 The Battle for Norway -- CHAPTER 5 Night-Bombing Missions -- CHAPTER 6 Training and Replacement -- CHAPTER 7 Diversion to Casablanca -- CHAPTER 8 The High-Altitude Kommando -- CHAPTER 9 Radar Kommando Götz -- CHAPTER 10 The Beginning of My Career as a Pilot -- CHAPTER 11 A Wasted Opportunity -- CHAPTER 12 Kommando Sperling -- CHAPTER 13 Kommando Hecht -- CHAPTER 14 Kommando Sommer -- CHAPTER 15 The End and a New Beginning -- AFTERWORD -- APPENDIX Memories of Horst Götz -- LIST OF TERMINOLOGY -- Index.
In this compelling memoir, Erich Sommer recalls his life in pre-war Germany and the adventures he had flying for the Luftwaffe during the Second World War. Born in 1912, the third son of a district court judge, Erich grew up in an atmosphere of uncertainty following the First World War. In 1932 he started training as a brewery engineer, shortly afterwards the Nazis came to power. The implications this had on the lives of average Germans are described in great detail.
9781911621737 1911621734
Sommer, Erich, 1912-2005.
Germany. Luftwaffe.
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, German.
Fighter pilots--Germany--Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Historical.
HISTORY--Western.--Europe
Fighter pilots.
Military campaigns.
Military operations, Aerial--German.
Germany.
Electronic books.
Personal narratives.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Personal narratives--German.
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives.
D787 / .S66 2018eb
940.5/44943/092