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Finding the foe : outstanding luftwaffe mysteries of the battle of britain and beyond investigated and solved / Andy Saunders.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Saunders, Andy, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Missing in action--Germany.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Air pilots, Military--Germany--Biography.
- Air pilots, Military.
- World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, German.
- Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940--Biography.
- Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940.
- Germany. Luftwaffe--Biography.
- Germany.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : Grub Street, [2010]
- Summary:
- A follow-up to Finding the Few, this companion volume deals with the postwar discovery and recovery of wartime Luftwaffe aircrew who were downed and lost over the UK, most of them during 1940s. There is a lot of detective work involved here. Sometimes airmen have been identified with the tiniest clue, although each case has a common thread; they were all concluded by the diligent research of private individuals and researchers, many involving the author. Indeed, as a result of his work, Saunders was given a special award by the German ambassador in London.Not all involve recovery and identification of the ‘missing’ – some are cases where buried German airmen were ‘unknown’ and are now able to be named and given formal confirmation by the German War Graves Service. Each case is remarkable and intriguing. Just one example will suffice: One Luftwaffe pilot was downed on September 5th, 1940. He had been born on September 5th, his flying license awarded on September 5th, he was recovered and identified on September 5th (many years later!) and laid to rest in Austria on September 5th. This amazing book, eloquently written, covers casualties right through 1940 to 1944 and is, as with the author’s earlier work, a real page turner!
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 178) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781908117823
- 1908117826
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