Günther Rall: a memoir: Luftwaffe ace and NATO general: the authorized biography

  • OCLC #: 49584117
  • ISBN #:
    • 0971553300
    • 9780971553309
  • Call #: D787.A52 2002
  • Physical Location: Pritzker Military Museum & Library — Main Shelves — D787 .A52 2002
  • Personal Collection:
    • The Dr. Charles E. Metz Collection.
  • Publisher: Santa Ana, CA : Tangmere Productions, ©2002.
  • Edition:
    • 1st ed.
  • Physical Description: xxi, 423 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  • Contents:
    • Crash-landing
    • Gunther Rall's early years 1918-1938
    • Rall earns his wings September 1938
    • The young pilot at war
    • New posting following the French defeat 1940-1941
    • Transfer to Romania
    • The Battle of Crete 1941
    • Operation Barbarossa
    • Summer and Fall 1941
    • Opearation Typhoon
    • Rall returns to the eastern front 1942
    • Rall makes a lifelong friend
    • The Battle of Kursk
    • Mid-air collision
    • Final retreat from the Russian front
    • First summons to Hitler
    • Second summons to Hitler
    • Third summons to Hitler
    • Commander of II./JG 11 in the Western Theater
    • "Who needs two thumbs?"
    • Fighter leader school, Konigsberg, Germany 1944
    • Final wartime command, wing commander of JG 300
    • Prisoner of war
    • Interrogations in England
    • Free to find Hertha 1946
    • Civilian life
    • Jets in peacetime
    • Handling NATO's F-104s
    • A trip to Japan
    • Career moves
    • A civilian once more
    • Reflections on the War on the Eastern Front
    • Reflections on the War on the Western Front
    • Pilot characteristics.