Aviation books: historical and fiction

[csThor]

That "Blonde Knight of Germany" is a horrible Cold War abonimation aimed mainly at the US population of the 60s and 70s to show just how bad the big bad Russkies are and how gallant their german opponents were. You can read it, but you need to be aware of this Cold War background and underlying intention all the time.
I don't think there is another bio of Hartmann ATM and most of the older literature on the Luftwaffe is pretty much the same as above. Here in Germany we call that the "justification books". There are a few modern bios on Luftwaffe pilots, most notably Christer Bergström's "Graf & Grislawski" which is bounds and leaps above those "ancient" tomes.

[5./JG27.Farber]

Originally Posted by csThor

...Here in Germany we call that the "justification books"....There are a few modern bios on Luftwaffe pilots, most notably Christer Bergström's "Graf & Grislawski"

I will have to remember that! At £102.00 I wont be getting it soon. Which is a shame because all the reviews on Amazon are really good for it.

[5./JG27.Farber]

Originally Posted by csThor

Hartmann didn't exactly break down, he merely drank far too much.

Top Bloke!

[JG52Krupi]

Originally Posted by 5./JG27.Farber

Top Bloke!

+1 LAMO

Does the Graf & Grislawski book contain anything on flying the 190?

I really want a good Fw190 pilot autobiography!

[seaeye]

Originally Posted by JG52Krupi

+1 LAMO

Does the Graf & Grislawski book contain anything on flying the 190?

I really want a good Fw190 pilot autobiography!

Stormbird by Hermann Buchner has quite a bit of 190 stuff before the Me262. I thought the book was ok, if a little brief.

[Feathered_IV]

Marseilles and Raaaid both seemed to have suffered a knock to the head too.

On a bit of a tangent, if you fancy a bit of luftwaffe fiction, Ace by Spencer Dunmore is a good read. Goes from Battle of Britain fledgling to jaded Bodenplatte veteran. You can usually pick one up for a song on Amazon these days.

[335th_GRAthos]

Originally Posted by Feathered_IV

Marseilles and Raaaid both seemed to have suffered a knock to the head too.

On a bit of a tangent, if you fancy a bit of luftwaffe fiction, Ace by Spencer Dunmore is a good read. Goes from Battle of Britain fledgling to jaded Bodenplatte veteran. You can usually pick one up for a song on Amazon these days.

Hey Featherhead,

Thanks for the tip, never heard about it.
What kind of book is it, History of Fiction? (This "luftwaffe fiction" makes me a bit curious)

~S~

[5./JG27.Farber]

Originally Posted by 335th_grathos

thanks for the tip, never heard about it.
What kind of book is it, history of fiction? (this "luftwaffe fiction" makes me a bit curious)

~s~

novel

[Feathered_IV]

Yep, a novel about a fictitious Luftwaffe pilot who becomes an ace and the unwilling darling of the newsreels. It ticks all the boxes for a men's novel written in the late 70's. Dunmore writes very well though. Bomb Run and Final Approach are his other two that are very good indeed. I'll take my copy of Ace to work with me and see if I can scan a few pages. It'll give you an idea.

[5./JG27.Farber]

Originally Posted by Feathered_IV

Yep, a novel about a fictitious Luftwaffe pilot who becomes an ace and the unwilling darling of the newsreels. It ticks all the boxes for a men's novel written in the late 70's. Dunmore writes very well though. Bomb Run and Final Approach are his other two that are very good indeed. I'll take my copy of Ace to work with me and see if I can scan a few pages. It'll give you an idea.

Take your novel to work by all means, hang it in the toilet, everyone needs emergency toilet roll!