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[ClydeWigg3]

Originally Posted by DavidIsby

A translation of one of the contemporaneous German accounts of intercepting a USAAF attack on the U-boat ports (which saw the introduction of the head-on attack on bomber formations) appears in Adolf Galland, et al, THE LUFTWAFFE FIGHTER FORCE: A VIEW FROM THE COCKPIT, London, 1997, Greenhill.

Suggest you also look at Prien's JG 26 history, but seeking German accounts of each raid is an unrealistic expectation.

Thank you. I don't expect to find an account of every raid, I was thinking that maybe some of the pilots might have kept a diary that would detail some of their missions - much as some of our air crews did.

I have "JG 26 Top Guns of the Luftwaffe" by Donald Caldwell, New York, 1991, Ivy Books. Caldwell provides some personal accounts from the Luftwaffe. This has helped me match a few German pilot's with the bombers they shot down. I'm thinking this will make by story a little more interesting.

Thank you for the advice and book source.