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Luftwaffe eagle : a WWII German airman's story / Erich Sommer ; edited and expanded by J. Richard Smith.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Grub Street, 2018Description: 1 online resource (222 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781911621737
  • 1911621734
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Luftwaffe eagle.DDC classification:
  • 940.5/44943/092 23
LOC classification:
  • D787 .S66 2018eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

Print version record.

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.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 600

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