{"product_id":"memoirs-of-a-stuka-pilot","title":"Memoirs Of A Stuka Pilot","description":"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.\n\nThe author’s naval dive-bomber Gruppe was incorporated into the Luftwaffe upon the outbreak of war. What follows is a fascinating Stuka pilot’s eye 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.\n\nThe author also takes the reader behind the scenes into the day-to-day life of his unit and brings the members of his Gruppe to vivid life; describing their off-duty antics and mourning their loss in action. The story ends when he himself is shot down in flames by a Soviet fighter and severely burned. He was to spend the remainder of the war in various staff appointments.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1848326645\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1848326645.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Mahlke, Helmut\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41508903485498,"sku":"DBV.1848326645.G","price":19.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1848326645-0.jpg?v=1783375895","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/memoirs-of-a-stuka-pilot","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}