Eagle Days: Life and Death for the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain

[John Vasco]

Originally Posted by Nick Beale

You’d have to take that up with Oblt. Mansfeld but apparently not! The request was put in more than once, and it seems there were old and new types of mask in contention. KGr. 100 had a particular problem as they needed to stay at high altitude to pick up the guidance beams when marking more northerly targets. One mask failure would abort the sortie.

Thanks for that explanation, Nick.

[John Vasco]

Chapter 7 read

Early July 1940. Mention of the plans for continuing the war against Britain. Quotes from newspapers like the 'Baruther Anzieger' and 'Briesetal-Bote'. Something from a Luftwaffe soldier based with an airbase company in Quedlingburg. Quotes from residents in Wesseln, near Liel, and Uelzen (page 118). 'A flieger attached to the Luftwaffe Guard Command at Tessenow, Mecklenburg wrote'. These are the things that are in chapter 7. Chapter 7 ends on page 121...

[FalkeEins]

... still have yet to see a copy of Ms Taylor's book in a bookshop. I was in Folkestone - prime BoB location if ever there was one. No sign of it in Waterstones. At the counter though they offered to order a copy in so that I could look at it. No obligation to buy. Which I thought was pretty decent of them. I would expect that the Museum in Hawkinge has a copy...

[Peter Kassak]

I was googling her previous works, and found out this is the first book. And already such an excitement...were her articles so very readable?

[Carsten Petersen]

I think that Ms Taylor should write more books. It is a long time since we have had such a long conversation about one book that most have not even read.
Carsten

[Adriano Baumgartner]

Carsten, I believe this is a milestone too, but in a broader sense and aspect. When the OLD EAGLES like John Vasco, Chris Goss, Nick Beale, Christer Bergström, J-L Roba, J-Y Lorant, Dilip Sarkar, Erick Monbeeck and others like them, who HAD direct access to the RAF, LW and WW2 aircrew veterans will make their "last landing" (and I do hope they will reach 100+ like some Bomber Command and LW veterans, so we can enjoy reading more from them); who is gonna take the flame and toch? This Miss, even with her PhD and other Academical tittles seems to have not matched the "Old" standard, as far as I have read here...so we are talking about the futur of Aeronautical and Military Aviation Publication (and research)....and for me this is the "face" of the new Generation, although we have seen some FANTASTIC and "outside the curve" writers and researchers, like OLROG, BREKKEN, KJETIL, some French writers....so I see a good futur in the hands of those who will take care of, and inherit the "flame" and tradition of the old eagles (Bowman, Middlebrook, Bolitho, etc.) and those who are still on the "circuit", but not so young....

[FalkeEins]

Originally Posted by Adriano Baumgartner

This Miss, even with her PhD and other Academical tittles ...

[FalkeEins]

Originally Posted by Peter Kassak

I was googling her previous works, and found out this is the first book. And already such an excitement...were her articles so very readable?

she appears to have acquired a lot of support from a certain group of senior male 'influencers', Holland, Murray etc...

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by Peter Kassak

were her articles so very readable?

You can read her thesis on the Dams Raid online and her piece on the NSFK in Axis Wings No. 1, then judge for yourself.

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by Adriano Baumgartner

This Miss, even with her PhD

Alfred Price had a PhD in history, were you as dismissive of that? To get a doctorate you have to do a lot of work researching primary sources and surely that deserves some recognition.

I think that where the James Hollands and Victoria Taylors of this world differ from most us here is that they are trying to make a living as professional historians and that necessitates self-promotion.