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

[John Vasco]

Chapter 12 read

First two pages, statistics. Pages about liaison between the Luftwaffe and the Army. Letter from an Oberleutnant zur See to his mother; article from the Briestal-Bote newspaper dated 2 September. More losses. 'Ace' rivalry between Galland & Mölders. Account by Klaus Deumling of why he was attracted to join the Luftwaffe. Luftwaffe training for nearly two pages. Quotes from Galland, and Werner Baumbach. Quote from Ulrich Steinhilper's book (not about combat). German aircrews' health, exhaustion, 'abgeflogen'. Taken out of the front line for rehabilitation.

RAF bombing, and a quote from a resident of Zehlendorf in Berlin. This goes on with various civilian quotes for three feckin' pages! Letter from an Air Signalman based in France to his wife! Footnote on the last page of the chapter explaining what the Reichsarbeitsdienst was and what it did!

Details of major combats in this chapter? In a word: No.

Make of it what you will...