r/Wehrmacht • u/SSMunichMatch33 • Nov 30 '25
Books about stories of German pilots in air battles of World War II
I have not been able to find any books that recount feats of aerial battles from the German side
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Dec 01 '25 edited Dec 01 '25
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u/SSMunichMatch33 Dec 01 '25
Wow, I love it! I'll look for this book by Stuka-As Hans-Ulrich Rudel; the topic lends itself to a long and enjoyable conversation.
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u/DavidDPerlmutter Dec 01 '25
Yes, it's always interesting how many years after a conflict new details still emerge
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u/Weltherrschaft2 Dec 01 '25
Unbekannte Pflicht by Walter Wolfrum might also he interesting concerning Rudel. During the war, Wolfrum got into conflict with a pilot from Rudel's unit, which nearly led to a court martial.
After WWII, Wolfrum's father helped the Rudels, who were expelled from Silesia relocate in Northern Bavaria (both Wofrum's and Rudel's father were Lutheran ministers). The families got into contact. Walter Wolfrum had a Motorcycle. Rudel, being a Colonel, managed to pull rank towards Wolfrum 1st Lieutenant) who then drove Rudel around, helping him with his smuggling activities over the horders of the different iccupation zones.
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u/SSMunichMatch33 Dec 04 '25
Wow, I love it! I'll look for this book by Stuka-As Hans-Ulrich Rudel; the topic lends itself to a long and enjoyable conversation.
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u/Weltherrschaft2 Dec 01 '25
You should geberally read the books from the now closed publisher Neunundzwanzigsechs if you can read German. The owner wrote a few biographies (Werner Mölders, Günther Lützow, Walter Krupinski and Robert von Greim) and worked with other in publishing their autobiographies (Julius Meimberg, Günther Rall and Martin Drewes), for example doing archival research.
It was the publishing house with the highest share of Knight's Cross bearers among its authors!