Personal Life of Walter Oesau & Other Questions

[Perseus71]

Hi,

I am writing an article on Oberst Walter Oesau on Wikipedia. However I am stumped on few points. I'd appreciate if someone could give me credible references for the following points.

1. He's said to have liked to ride Bikes with no Helmets.
2. His personal life. Especially reagarding his marriage.
3. According to this link, there is a Quote from Major Hartmann Grasser

,

"At that time, the intellectual capacity and physical state of Oesau often exhausted by the missions of interception. Sure, its forces were already at the end. Several pilots and they were German leaders, like him, forced to fight without rest and I think this was one of the great mistakes of our leadership. "


I will truly appreciate if someone could provide a reference that mentions any of these points.


Perseus

[Horst Kube]

Originally Posted by Perseus71

Hi,

I am writing an article on Oberst Walter Oesau on Wikipedia. However I am stumped on few points. I'd appreciate if someone could give me credible references for the following points.

1. He's said to have liked to ride Bikes with no Helmets.
2. His personal life. Especially reagarding his marriage.



3. According to this link, there is a Quote from Major Hartmann Grasser

,

"At that time, the intellectual capacity and physical state of Oesau often exhausted by the missions of interception. Sure, its forces were already at the end. Several pilots and they were German leaders, like him, forced to fight without rest and I think this was one of the great mistakes of our leadership. "

Mr. "Perseus",

I am pretty sure, that Walter Oesau never wanted to have a look into his pants - neither from you or anybody else.

So, please let these private questions out from this board and take Walter Oesau as the man he was: a genuine pilot and a fine guy.

Horst

[Jukka Juutinen]

Originally Posted by Horst Kube

So, please let these private questions out from this board and take Walter Oesau as the man he was: a genuine pilot and a fine guy.

Horst

Quite an odd statement considering the purpose of a good biography. For example, Bruce Gamble´s excellent biography of Gregory Boyington has lots of very personal information. Or Carlo D'Este´s excellent bio on Patton.

[Perseus71]

Hi Horst,

I don't intend to be rude or go into details of the personal life. All I am trying to do is to complete the biography I am writing on Wikipedia. In any biography you at least in passing need to mention the fact that the person had a family. Without credible references to cite, I can't even mention the fact that he even had a wife. With all due respect I am NOT getting into his pants. All I am trying to show is a personal side to the great aviator.

Cheers

Perseus

[Dénes Bernád]

Originally Posted by Perseus71

With all due respect I am getting into his pants.

Isn't something missing from this sentence?

[Maximowitz]

Originally Posted by Dénes Bernád

Isn't something missing from this sentence?

Possibly.


I suspect Perseus is an American? Something of a communication problem, in Europe the phrase "..try and get in someone's pants" means to attempt to have sex with them..." *laughing*

Unless there's some weird necrophilia Luftwaffe cult I was unaware of...

[NickM]

Originally Posted by Maximowitz

Possibly.


I suspect Perseus is an American? Something of a communication problem, in Europe the phrase "..try and get in someone's pants" means to attempt to have sex with them..." *laughing*

Unless there's some weird necrophilia Luftwaffe cult I was unaware of...

Maximowtiz, I am pretty sure the more appropriate expression would be 'walk in his shoes' rather than the 'pants' uh-thingie--because it means the same thing in the US as in Europe


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[Flitzer]

In Rudel's Stuka Pilot, as detailed as he gets, he never even mentions the fact that he was even married. By the way, he was, and his wife was a very attractive woman by the way. As long as one is detailing the lives of these airmen isn't it appropriate to mention the basic details of their personal lives to give us more of a feel for personalities?

[Maximowitz]

Originally Posted by NickM

Maximowtiz, I am pretty sure the more appropriate expression would be 'walk in his shoes' rather than the 'pants' uh-thingie--because it means the same thing in the US as in Europe


nm

Quite.

An Oesau bio? Why not? I see no reason for it not to be written, providing it is well researched and honest, which I'm sure it would be. I'd like to see similar bios of Walter Dahl and Kurt Welter too, anything to put some "skin on the bones."

[Red Baroness]

Horst, Perseus is only attempting to fill out and round out the biography on Wikipedia.

As you might or might not remember, I'm working on a biography myself, hopefully in about 10 years or so (given how things can be with the new baby) I would like to try to get it published.

In order to do so, however, we need to be able to get the information that we are requesting - I am trying every channel I can, as is Perseus - not for our own perverse pleasure, but to round out and finish a biography on a man who, in my opinion, and I think in Perseus', deserves the attention that his more famous Kamaraden have had in the years passing.

Yeah, there's a weird cult, I can guarantee you that, Max - It's an internet joke called "rule 32" I think - if you can imagine it, someone has already created it. XD