Memoirs of a Stuka pilot -
Mahlke, Helmut, 1913-2013
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After recounting his early days as a naval cadet, including a voyage to the Far East aboard the cruiser Köln, and as the navigator/observer of the floatplane carried by the pocket battleship Admiral Scheer during the Spanish Civil War, the author describes his flying training as a Stuka pilot. The author's naval dive-bomber Gruppe was incorporated into the Luftwaffe upon the outbreak of war. What follows is a fascinating Stuka pilot's view of some of the most famous and historic battles and campaigns of the early war years: the Blitzkrieg in France, Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, the bombing of Malta, North Africa, Tobruk, Crete and, finally, the invasion of the Soviet Union.
Main title:
Memoirs of a Stuka pilot - / by Helmut Mahlke ; Translated by John Weal.
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Imprint:
Barnsley : Frontline, 2013.
Collation:
320 p. : ill. (some col.)
ISBN:
9781848326644 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.544943940.544943092
Language:
EnglishGerman
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BRN:
516974