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Re: Saluting the Count: Krupinski Biography
Although I started reading this book almost as soon as it was available, I stopped just before Krupinski rejoined the Bundesluftwaffe, only to resume reading earlier this week and finishing it.
Kurt Braatz has delived another high caliber biography, perhaps his best when it comes to post war history.
The WW2 part is as good as I've come to expect with Kurt, no surprises here. Combined with the other JG 52 biographies the author is able to give a pretty exclusive insight into the workings and personalities of this Jagdgeschwader.
Personalities and aircraft of the Bundesluftwaffe get plenty of attention as Krupinski's career in the post war air force gives us a critical insight into policy, politics and controversy during the cold war years.
Through all of this you get a good idea of what kind of man Walter Krupinski must have been.
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Ruy Horta
12 O'Clock High!
And now I see with eye serene
The very pulse of the machine;
A being breathing thoughtful breath,
A traveller between life and death;
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