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Originally Posted by John Manrho
To give a rating;
Caldwell's JG 26 War Diary: 8 out of 10.
Lorant JG 300 Vol. 1 ( I am waiting for Vol. 2): 9 out of 10.
cheers,
John.
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Whoa! 9 out of 10? Guys you've sold me! I'll see if I can free up the cash---or barring that try to convince my Local Library to InterLibrary Loan it for me...
As for Prien; I've only read the JG53 3 volume history by him; I like his writing tremendously, up to a point---the quotes & recollections of guys who are flew for the unit makes them seen quite alive & spontaneous: cocky, confident, glory hungry, scared, tired, bored, demoralized--even though many will be KiA's in the not too distant future; another thing he delved into was the fear & the stress that the pilots endured in their day to day lives;
however the one thing the Prien doesn't do too often is touch on who they flew against ---information RE: the opposition they flew against & their losses vs the claims that were made...
NikM