A new book in my library.
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Crimea_River
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Nice Jelmer.
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Adventures in Wartime Russia:
Without Vodka, by Aleksander Topolski - Adventures in Wartime Russia
Without Vodka, by Aleksander Topolski - Adventures in Wartime Russia
No vodka... what a trendy title. A nice haul Dominik.
not, "no vodka" Wojtek, but without vodka one cannot understand... The title comes from a Russian saying explaining life in that country.
Crimea_River
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Wow, nice haul!
At the Alberta Military Model Show on Saturday, Robert Bailey, the renowned military artist, had a booth set up. I picked up the below print and book which he duly personalized for me. Spoke to him and his wife for a bit and they had some nice stories about Hajo Hermann and Walter Schuck. Little did I know, they live in Spruce Grove, Alberta, about a 3 hour drive north of me.
At the Alberta Military Model Show on Saturday, Robert Bailey, the renowned military artist, had a booth set up. I picked up the below print and book which he duly personalized for me. Spoke to him and his wife for a bit and they had some nice stories about Hajo Hermann and Walter Schuck. Little did I know, they live in Spruce Grove, Alberta, about a 3 hour drive north of me.
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Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
Excellent Andy, excellent!!!!!!!!!!
Maximowitz
Tech Sergeant
I'd certainly like to read the last two - NJG 2's operations over the UK are a particular interest of mine.
"Duel Under The Stars" is a fun read, very gung ho! Johnen comes across as a Teutonic Biggles!
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Indeed Johnens book is fun to read, not so much because of the in-depth fact information and tech info, but because of the general impression one gets of (every day) life as a night fighter pilot through the eyes of one Wilhelm Johnen. Plenty of tongue in cheek kind of stories. Deutsche Nachtjagd is more of a photo thing, a lot of very nice pic's indeed (goes well with the Meyer Stipdonk series imho) I haven't read it all, but Ferne nachtjagd seems like a collection of notes and excerpts from things like diaries, combat reports and the like. I'm not sure if it's all through the eyes of one person (as far as diary excerpts goes) but it does hold a few interesting stories.
I was rather astonished by the story of a Ju-88 crew (not sure what the name of the pilot was) who had their pilot KIA over the UK. One of the remaining crew members (who had had a few flying lessons, but was rejected as an actual pilot in the luftwaffe) took over the helm and managed to steer the shot up crate across the Channel and bail out over occupied Belgium/France. Only to find their Ju-88 had flown all the way to Northern Italy without them before running out of fuel and crashing. (immediatly starts thinking of doing a scale model of that a/c )
Indeed Johnens book is fun to read, not so much because of the in-depth fact information and tech info, but because of the general impression one gets of (every day) life as a night fighter pilot through the eyes of one Wilhelm Johnen. Plenty of tongue in cheek kind of stories. Deutsche Nachtjagd is more of a photo thing, a lot of very nice pic's indeed (goes well with the Meyer Stipdonk series imho) I haven't read it all, but Ferne nachtjagd seems like a collection of notes and excerpts from things like diaries, combat reports and the like. I'm not sure if it's all through the eyes of one person (as far as diary excerpts goes) but it does hold a few interesting stories.
I was rather astonished by the story of a Ju-88 crew (not sure what the name of the pilot was) who had their pilot KIA over the UK. One of the remaining crew members (who had had a few flying lessons, but was rejected as an actual pilot in the luftwaffe) took over the helm and managed to steer the shot up crate across the Channel and bail out over occupied Belgium/France. Only to find their Ju-88 had flown all the way to Northern Italy without them before running out of fuel and crashing. (immediatly starts thinking of doing a scale model of that a/c
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Maximowitz
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I was rather astonished by the story of a Ju-88 crew (not sure what the name ofe pic's indeed (goes well with the Meyer Stipdonk series imho) I haven't read it all, but Ferne nachtjagd seems like a collection of notes and excerpts from things like diaries, combat reports and the like. I'm not sure if it's all through the eyes of one person (as far as diary excerpts goes) but it does hold a few interesting stories. the pilot was) who had their pilot KIA over the UK. One of the remaining crew members (who had had a few flying lessons, but was rejected as an actual pilot in the luftwaffe) took over the helm and managed to steer the shot up crate across the Channel and bail out over occupied Belgium/France. Only to find their Ju-88 had flown all the way to Northern Italy without them before running out of fuel and crashing. (immediatly starts thinking of doing a scale model of that a/c
Details of which, plus photos can be found in "Intruders Over Britain" by Simon Parry. I believe the pilot killed was Staffelkapitan Paul Bohm - I may be wrong, I'm at work at the moment and my books are at home!
Crimea_River
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Paul any luck with finding a way to scan those 4 pages I'm missing? Can you photocopy and mail?
Njaco
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Just ordered 3 books for $13 total off Amazon....
"Messerschmitt 262, Arrow to the Future" by Walter J. Boyne
"Jagdgeschwader 51 'Mölders' "by John Weal
"Focke Wulf 190: The Birth of the Butcher Bird, 1939-43 (Luftwaffe At War)" by Morten Jessen
"Messerschmitt 262, Arrow to the Future" by Walter J. Boyne
"Jagdgeschwader 51 'Mölders' "by John Weal
"Focke Wulf 190: The Birth of the Butcher Bird, 1939-43 (Luftwaffe At War)" by Morten Jessen
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Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
Very nice Chris and great price to sir!!!
Crimea_River
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Nice ones!
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good score man....
Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
The 262 book is hardcover.
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
NICE!
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