Interesting photograph of He 111 Sep-1939

[Pawel Burchard]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...romZR40QQfviZ1

Among others there are two photos (from album of 3. Pz.Division soldier, presumably from Sep-1939) depicting He 111P of 2./K.G. 54 (B3+KK) after harsh landing.

Regards,
Pawel

[Marius]

Look in my book "Kampfflieger" under 15.9.1939, I./KG 27.

Many regards,
Marius

[Stig Jarlevik]

Dear Marius

Obviously you assume everybody on this site has your book.
Unfortunately I don't. Even worse I don't even know which book you are talking about! So could you please enlighten us (or perhaps only me?) a bit more??

Thanks and B Rgds
Stig Jarlevik

[Pawel Burchard]

Marius, do you mean belly landing near Brest (30%)?

Regards,
Pawel

[Marius]

Pawel.
yes, near Brest 30%, 2./KG 54 flew together within the I./KG 27.


Stig Jarlevik,
sorry, I mean my book that was published in Poland in April 2005 (Luftwaffe nad Polska cz.2 Kampfflieger, Armagedon).

Marius

[Stig Jarlevik]

Thanks Marius
No wonder I haven't seen it before!!!

Yourt answer brings up a rather pertinent problem.
Why are there no books about the Polish (Air) Campaign in English?
(I DON'T mean mentioning in general books, but a dedicated book to the campaign). Are there any in German?

Browsing past topics we seem to get more or less personal vendettas between highly agitated persons every time this campaign enters the picture.

One thing is clear, if these two Nations keep on treating this campaign as a personal history and nothing else, in the end everyone not Polish (or German speaking) will loose interest. What is even more strange is the abundance of books published in Poland in dual language of just about everything EXCEPT the Polish campaign itself. So why not publish a really good book in dual language (day by day with targets, known victories and losses) of that crucial month in 1939 including the Soviets stab in the back and the final escape of all those Polish aircraft abroad! After all WW 2 started here and it certainly has a place in both standard history books and on our own Aviation shelf!!

Cheers
Stig

[Franek Grabowski]

Stig
The reason is very simple - there must be a publisher, but it seems it is not a subject that will draw an attention of audience.
Apart of that, the campaign is still being researched. There are still major gaps in the history of Polish aviation and Marius still did not finish his research. Whatever I will say about him, it is a fact, he is the only one researcher of the German side.
Cheers
PS Really, only a small fraction of Polish aviation history was published in English.