{"product_id":"luftwaffe-fighter-pilot-wolfgang-fischer-9781911667292","title":"Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot: Defending the Reich Against the RAF and Usaaf","description":"Within weeks of war being declared, Wolfgang Fischer had volunteered to join the Luftwaffe and spent nearly five of the succeeding six years of hostilities in uniform. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring this time, he was given a succession of postings varying from a long-range recce unit; as a decoder in a met office in occupied France; to a bomber squadron; and as a flying instructor, before joining a squadron of the famous \u003ci\u003eRichthofen Geschwader\u003c\/i\u003e in Italy, from where he was shot down in his FW 190 by Mustangs en route to Normandy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy now a Leutnant, he survived to fly offensive rocket attacks over Gold Beach on D-Day, only to be shot down again on D + 1, and captured and sent first to a hospital in the UK, then into captivity in the USA. He was finally repatriated in April 1946. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExpertly translated and edited by John Weal, this is a worthy accompaniment to Norbert Hannig's \u003ci\u003eLuftwaffe Fighter Ace \u003c\/i\u003e(9781911667223) also available in paperback.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wolfgang Fischer, John Weal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1911667297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781911667292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grub Street Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.32h x 5.82w x 0.71d","brand":"Wolfgang Fischer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44058797048063,"sku":"9781911667292","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_976f7f44-0f1e-45d1-b217-e36ad8a8dfc3.jpg?v=1685054572","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/luftwaffe-fighter-pilot-wolfgang-fischer-9781911667292","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}