Walter Krupinski, Adolf Galland, Eduard Neumann, Wolfgang Falck: These men were four of the most important and influential Luftwaffe fighter pilots and air combat leaders in World War II. And they were all aces. The pages come to life as four of Germany's bravest and best pilots tell their stories a[...]
The Me 262 was the first of its kind, the first jet-powered aircraft. Although conceived before the war, with the initial plans being drawn in April 1939, the Stormbird was beset with technological (particularly the revolutionary engines) and political difficulties, resulting in it not entering comb[...]
"Heaton expertly portrays Marseille as one of history's great fighter pilots, as well as a man who lived life to the full and who fought with honor." -- "Dennis Showalter" "The Star of Africa"is a biography of the dramatic life and meteoric career of German Luftwaffe Captain Hans-Joachim Marseille, [...]
The much-anticipated sequel to "The German Aces Speak" gives voice to four more of WWII's most noteworthy German pilots. When "The German Aces Speak" published in 2011, "Air & Space/Smithsonian "magazine welcomed Colin Heaton's and Anne-Marie Lewis's masterful command of interview-based narrative, w[...]