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advocate07 Aug 2020 3:53 a.m. PST

I've been listening to this, as read by Al Murray. It's the account of a spitfire and tempest pilot in the latter part of the Second World War. It's a well written account with a mass of technical detail, and based on a diary kept at the time, so hopefully with a limited amount of hindsight.
Of the many things that I found interesting, in spite of Allied Air superiority, Clostermann often found himself fighting large formations of enemy fighters even up to the last few weeks of the war. Casualties among his Wing were very heavy, though admittedly many of these were from ground fire; but this meant that in the later period many of the RAF pilots were quite green.

William Warner07 Aug 2020 11:47 a.m. PST

I recently read a book about air activity during the Battle of the Bulge. There were masses of German fighters in the air because Hitler ordered them to support the offensive and leave the defense of German cities and factories to the flak units.
The book was 'To Win the Winter Sky' by Danny Parker.

advocate07 Aug 2020 1:35 p.m. PST

There was a massive strike against Allied airfields on (I think) 1st January 1945 which caused massive damage to planes on the ground.

Monophagos30 Oct 2020 5:51 a.m. PST

I have read Clostermann's book too. While enjoyable, I think it's questionable in terms of accuracy – the hundred of Ta 152's and 190 D's he encounters for instance. He was known as a conceited and narcissist pilot and didn't impress Sailor Malan or 'Johnnie' Johnson as recounted in the latter's "Wing Leader"

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