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surviving veteran fighter pilots
I am currently working on a personal project where I am compiling information about the Allied and Axis fighter forces during WW2. Part of this is for a novel I am working on, part of it is to help a couple of writing friends who are also working on their own novels but are too busy to do large amounts of research. I need to know if and/or where I can contact some veteran fighter pilots who served in the Luftwaffe during WW2. Since the passing of four quite well known fighter pilots in recent months, I have now realised that time is not a luxury I have, and with the number of veterans dwindling every day, I'm in a bit of a hurry to find these men and gather the information I need before they are all gone.
Here is a list I have been given of former Luftwaffe pilots who are, as far as I can tell, still alive, although I have received unconfirmed notification that three of them may be deceased: Willi Reschke Hans Stollnberger (apparently deceased but TBC) Karl-Heinz Wilke (apparently deceased but TBC) Peter Spoden Heinz Roekker Guenther Wegmann Helmut Lennartz Hugo Broch Gerhard Krems Horst Hermann (apparently deceased but TBC) Armin Faber Guenther Bierbauer Karl-Heinz Becker Kurt Dahlmann I checked on Wikipedia and found that these men are either Knights Cross recipients, or have gained notability for some other reason such as being among the first to fly the ME262. I would like to know how I can contact either these men listed above, or any other German fighter pilots lucky enough to have survived the war. Whether or not they are aces or highly decorated is not important, as long as they flew for the Luftwaffe. Because my friends and I are writers, we will need plenty of detail about the daily lives of fighter pilots and all the various protocols and procedures they followed. Books like "I flew for the Fuhrer", "The Blond Knight of Germany" and "A Higher Call" have been very useful, but there are still many gaps in our collective knowledge, and nothing can compare to sitting down and interviewing (or at least writing to) the men who were actually there. It is also preferable that the men I contact have a good enough memory to be able to share their experiences. Any leads at all would be appreciated. Last edited by CaptainAficionado; 18th June 2016 at 12:21. |
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