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Originally Posted by Griffon
I am a verry verrrrrry happy camper today!
after nearly 4 years of hunting for that particular book, ...
now my collection of LW books is a little bit more complete.
ah the joys of collecting.....
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Congrats! It's a special moment when you get to hold the object of your long-time quest. Those moments tend to occur more frequently nowadays, thanks to Google, book search engines, and eBay. The downside is that they also make your list of wants much longer too!
In the dark ages (i.e. before the internet), it might well have been impossible to find a complete set of Niko Fast's JG52 books, or Plocher's three books on the Luftwaffe in Russia, or Karl Ries's 5-volume set on Luftwaffe Camouflage and Markings, or back issues of Jägerblatt, or many of the limited-run unit histories and biographies that have appeared over the decades. With enough patience and effort, you can now find just about anything.
For my part, I'm still looking for a copy of Christiaan Vanhee's "Vinnige Valken, Vlammende Bliksems", "Fliegerhorst Venlo" by Marcel Hogenhuis, and Petersen's "Tyske Fly I Danmark 1940-1945, Bind 1 & Bind 2", amongst others. The quest goes on...
Leon Venter