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Originally Posted by Tony Kambic
My humble opinion:
I have the book and cannot rave about it, but for long-nose aficionados, it is good to have. It is a decent reference book and contains photographs I had not seen before. The text always doesn't flow well although maybe some of that is in translation.
A very fine read if you are looking for long nose action is 'Bodenplatte' book by Manhro and Putz.
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I wanted to provide some interesting follow-up. Based on your suggestion, I went to the Amazon store website to order
Bodenplatte by John Manrho and Ron Putz. When I placed the order, a message appeared that I had already purchased the book six months ago! Obviously I did not recall ordering it, but when I looked through my books, I found a pristine copy of
Bodenplatte. I must have had a brain cramp when I ordered and received the book! BTW, you are right--Bodenplatte is a great read. It is a nicely detailed account of the Luftwaffe's death gasp, with much emphasis on the individual participants' experience.