"Stormbird: One of the Luftwaffe's Highest Scoring ..." Topic

…Me 262 Aces .

"Hermann Buchner was one of the rare bomber pilots who also became a fighter pilot. The author, a Luftwaffe NCO pilot and Knight s Cross holder, gives a riveting account of his training with the pre-war Austrian air force, instructing with the Luftwaffe, and the terrifying ground-attack operations on the Eastern Front trying to stop the Russian mincing machine. Despite being shot down twice, Buchner himself targeted Il2s, Yak 9s, and a Boston bomber who fell victim to his eagle eye.
Later tasked with opposing the Allied daylight bombing raids into deepest Germany, Buchner labored to protect his homeland. Serving alongside many well-known aces and sometimes taking off from his home airfield while under Soviet shellfire, he paints a picture of a man surviving against incredible odds, who became one of the elite with JG7 and learned that the important thing with the Me262 was to land near a convenient foxhole. Supplemented by more than 140 photographs, mostly from the author s personal collection, along with color profiles of his aircraft and opponents, Stormbird presents a remarkable insight into the life of a Luftwaffe pilot in WWII."

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Anyone has read this book?
If the answer is yes, comments please?

Many thanks in advance for your guidance.

Amicalement
Armand

New title to me, but it sounds interesting.

While it might be an interesting book and well worth reading, and I wouldn't denigrate his kill numbers, to describe him as one of the Luftwaffe's highest scoring pilots is flat out wrong. He doesn't even crack the top 100 or even top 200 coming in something like 260th on the list of German aces.
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Glad you enjoyed it boys.

Maybe they mention as a M262 "crack" only?

Amicalement
Armand

Perhaps they meant "highest scoring bomber aces", since they seemed to differentiate and revere pilots who could knock down heavy bombers, repeatedly, late in the war.

'One of the highest scoring' is subjective – so both they and Marc are both right up to a point.

Some of the top scoring aces racked up big numbers during the early war years when opposition was less effective than while this guy was scoring his kills – so indeed as Marc says while one of the highest scoring is a bit of a stretch he was certainly capable and effective.

The probably should have said 'One of Germany's high scoring aces' and then no-one could quibble!

'One of the highest scoring'

Looking at the title I believe this refers to jet aces ie kills while flying the Me262. In that case, with 12 kills, he is tied for third place with Eder and Rudorffer.

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