Günther Rall - Mein Flugbuch handsigniert von Günther Rall und Kurt Braatz

Günther Rall, born on March 10, 1918, is the 3rd most successful fighter pilot in history with 275 aerial victories and one of the greatest leaders in the history of the Federal Air Force. Much has been written about Günther Rall, one of the most extraordinary aviators of the 20th century. Here he takes the floor himself and presents his memories. He reports on his youth in the Third Reich and the chance that led him to join the Air Force. From earlier responsibility for a fighter squadron that experienced its ordeal by fire in the Battle of Britain, Crete and the Romanian oil fields. About the severity of years of fighting on the Eastern Front and his way into the top group of fighter pilots of the Second World War. And about the inner workings of a system that creates heroes because it needs victims.

Günther Rall was one of the first men in the Bundeswehr. In 1958 he was responsible for flight tests and the introduction of the F-104 Starfighter to the armed forces. As one of the first Germans to fly the F-104 G. Günther Rall experiences the development, myth and crisis of one of the most fascinating aircraft in the history of aviation as a project officer, test pilot and squadron commodore. From 1971 he was an inspector at the head of the Federal Air Force. In 1974 the Federal Government sent him as a permanent representative to the highest military decision-making body of NATO, the Military Committee: the culmination and conclusion of a career that is unparalleled in war and peace, in dictatorship and democracy - and in the sky over four continents.


Language: German
Hardcover: 376 pages