New Book - Luftwaffe Eagles Over Ireland
 

I am delighted to announce the release of a new book called "Luftwaffe Eagles Over Ireland".

The story of German air crashes over neutral Ireland 1940 - 1945.

A major new work on Ireland’s Second World War history hits the bookshelves on October 26th this year. ‘Luftwaffe Eagles Over Ireland’ , written by Justin Horgan and Paddy Cummins (publishers www.horganpress.com) traces the relationship between neutral Ireland and Luftwaffe crews downed here during the Second World War.
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More than 20 years of research brings to life the activities of the Luftwaffe over Ireland.
The writers use the crashes on neutral territory to inform readers how Ireland became a bolt-hole for German flyers in trouble. The Luftwaffe’s own battles with the Royal Air Force in the skies around Ireland resulted in many crash or forced landings and the sometimes heavy price crews paid as they tried to find safe landing sites in Ireland. The book traces the events surrounding these crashes, the response of local people to these landings in their midst and the extensive efforts to save crew members. The book includes interviews with many of the surviving crews from that period and produces a fascinating military and social history of that time.
It includes stories of the downed crews’ amazing time at Curragh Camp, honour bound to return after being allowed out to cinemas and local hostelries.
The book also examines the relationship between the crews and the local people, the marriages and the deep bonds that were created for these young Germans with Ireland for the rest of their lives.
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Justin,

Congratulations on bringing this important work to print. I will see you on Wednesday at the book launch in Dublin. Well done !

Regards,

Martin Gleeson.

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Congratulations. I am glad you posted about it here.





Best,
Ed

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Apologies again for not being able to make the launch!

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Thanks very much for your kind words Martin , been a long road but worth every bit of it , looking forward to seeing you at the launch.
Thanks also Ed , it is only fitting that I posted on this forum . Many people from this community helped me in my years of research and I have also made good friends here .
Chris, I fully understand that you could not make the launch . I will be over at my in-laws in Seer Green , Bucks possibly before Xmas so I will give you a shout and buy you that barrel of beer that I owe you .
Thanks for all your help and for writing the foreword to the book .

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Seer Green is about 10 miles from my home; look forward to it!

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Excellent Chris , will keep in touch and let you know my travel plans in advance .Have a copy of the book for you too

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I better confirm the babysitter for tomorrow!!!

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You better Dennis or else you will miss out on a few pints of Guinness . looking forward to seeing you at the launch.

Congratulations - Luftwaffe Eagles Over Ireland
 

Dear Justin,
congratulations to your new book - cover looks fascinating - the content very promising - a must have!
As weather forecast is too bad, I will have to postpone my recce mission over Dublin.
Good luck for your launch today.
Drink a pint of Guiness for me.

Greetings from Austria
Harry

Re: New Book - Luftwaffe Eagles Over Ireland
 

Hi Harry , thanks for your kind comments . Sorry for not being in touch sooner but I have been up the walls with the book launch . I will be in touch very soon .
Many thanks to all who attended my book launch in Dublin last night especially Maura Cummins and family .Also thanks to the family members of Arthur Voigt , Kurt Kyck and Ernst Muller who were also there , it was fantastic to see the family members of the Luftwaffe Airmen who were interned in Ireland present for the book launch . I hope the book will give some insight into the lives of the Luftwaffe men who were in Ireland from 1940 to 1945 .

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Orders now being taken for the Christmas period , please order early to avoid disappointment , thank you .
Regards
Justin Horgan

A must have! - Luftwaffe Eagles Over Ireland
 

Hello to all,
interested in airwar over Ireland and UK.

Yesterday I got the long awaited copy of this incredible book.
The stories are very well researched and the book contains
numerous colour pictures with so much detail. Original maps,
rare seen artefacts, portraits, ...

It's a pleasure to read the stories in this high quality book.
I am very happy.

Congratulations to the author - Justin Horgan - for this superb work.

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Hello Harry , thank you very much for your kind words about my book . It is such a pity that my co-author Paddy Cummins was not alive to see the book released .
Over twenty years of hard work went into this book and I am very proud of the finished book . Most of the photos are new and have not been seen before .
Just like your wonderful book Harry it was interesting to see the material that both of us have on the crew of Gottfreid Berndt / Paul Stormer.
I will gladly share material with you Harry if I can be of help in any way .

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I just want to wish a Happy Christmas to all the members here who helped me finish our book over the last few years . Sadly my friend and co-author Paddy Cummins did not live to see the finished book but I am sure he would be proud as were his family . Again many thanks.
Justin Horgan

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My sincere thanks to David Smith for reviewing our book in the recent issue of " Aviation News ".

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Many thanks to Andy Saunders editor of ' Britain At War ' for reviewing our book in this months issue . Your kind works were greatly appreciated .

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We are delighted to announce that we have some limited copies left of our book , if you are looking for a good Christmas present then treat yourself while stocks last . See our website www.horganpress.com

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Hello,

For those of you who are interested in such things:

Just had confirmation of my purchase of a copy of "Luftwaffe Eagles Over Ireland". The total cost, including post & packaging to OZ, was AUS$86.54(breakdown was: book Euro35.00, p&p Euro18.00).

To the best of my knowledge, the book has never been offered, commercially, in Australia.

Col.

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Hi Colin , thanks for ordering our book . It was posted out to you today and we hope you enjoy it . Due to the size of the book ( A4 , hard cover with dust jacket and almost 400 pages ) postage to you was not the cheapest but I am sure the book will be worth it .
We would love to have a distributor in Australia and we have already sent books " Down Under " but most of our first print run is now almost sold . If we do a reprint it is something we may consider .

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Schnellmeyer,

Thanks for that. No sweat.

The P & P was not unreasonable, in my opinion. Not when compared to what US suppliers charge. The US postal charges are exorbitant, I simply won't deal with them. I have had a chance to read through a copy of your book (bought by a friend), I was mightily impressed - hence the order!

Col.

Re: New Book - Luftwaffe Eagles Over Ireland
 

Hi Colin , thanks for your kind words about our book . It was a true labour of love for myself and the late Paddy Cummins . The most interesting part was meeting the Luftwaffe veterans that crashed in Ireland and hearing their stories . Thanks again for your order and enjoy .
Regards
Justin Horgan