Yeah, I just finished it recently, a real good read. - It really bought into focus how fit & devoted to duty some become, I was impressed. - He was the highest decorated of ALL German pilots, yet he didn't come over as a Nazi - I've also got Hanna Reitsch's book to get into sometime soon. I read Rudel's straight after I had finished an Il-2 Shturmovik pilot's story, "Red Star against the Swastika" - Wow, quite a unique comparison of Ground-attack styles and that Russian 'grit yer teeth' style of war. - I also have an ancestor who flew & died flying Typhoons, I have read extensively on them and their Tempest collegues.
- Got to say tho', those Russians real flew low, low down...- Another one ready in the blocks now is about "Soviet Airwomen in WW2 combat", and the Foreword is by John Ericson from University of Edinburgh, a man I highly respect, have often seen him in History Channel programmes, he is an esteemed authority on 'Conflicts'. ~
It all broadens the knowledge of Human Nature ~
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