Christer Bergström provided an update on volume 3 today.
He is planning on three future Black Cross Red Star volumes (6, 7 & 8) covering the air war from August 1943 - May 1945.
"Hello, dear friends and supporters,
Good news for everyone: The brand new edition of Black Cross Red Star, Vol. 3 is soon completed and will be ready for delivery next month.
https://vaktelforlag.se/produkt/blac...november-1942/
This is nothing like the old, 2006 edition: It is a completely new book, with a 250 % larger wordcount, many, many new and previously unpublished photographs from the pilot veterans’ private photo albums, and, above all, an immense wealth of previously never published and hitherto completely unknown, quite dramatic facts directly from primary sources – of course from the official archives in both Germany and Russia, but also from many private holdings, such as veterans’ organizations’ collections of primary documents, etc.
I am completely depending on pre-orders and, not least, any crowdfunder that I can get, to make this project come true.
I know that the economic situation in the world has made it difficult for people to support this project, and the old generation which is most interested in this subject is slowly fading away. I have asked for pre-orders and crowdfundings, and I am most grateful to those of you who have pre-ordered or even crowdfunded this volume.
After Volume 3, I will immediately start working on Volume 6, which will cover the air war on the Eastern Front during the period August 1943 – February 1944. I have a wealth of very interesting information from that period, and I am just “dying” to put it in print.
Would you like to support the new
Black Cross Red Star, Vol. 3 with a crowdfunding of USD$ 120? That will help to maintain the high graphic quality of the continued book series, the photos, etc. All crowdfunders will receive a signed and individually numbered copy.
Or would you like to pre-order a copy at the ordinary price USD$ 85?
If so, please email me at
vaktelforlag@gmail.com
…and please transfer the payment to my Paypal account:
vaktelforlag@gmail.com
Please select the alternative "To family and friends" to avoid the Paypal fee of 6 %, or add 6 % for Paypal fees.
I also need your postal address and phone number.
As for the postage for sending the book, I will return on that issue once the book has been sent to the printer (it takes about four weeks for the books to be printed and delivered to me).
Looking ahead at the future, I feel that the completion of the whole series, Volumes 1 – 8 after the year 2019, is looming ahead. So what shall I do after that? Any suggestions is welcome. I do think of maybe writing a full-blown chronicle in several volumes on JG 52, with as much information about its opponents in the air as I use to write.
Please don’t hesitate to forward this email to anyone you might think might be interested."
All the best and many thanks in advance,
Christer Bergström
Vaktel Förlag
Strandgatan 2A
S-633 43 Eskilstuna
Sweden
vaktelforlag.se
+46 - 733 – 73 33 61
Paypal account:
vaktelforlag@gmail.com