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Old 30th December 2010, 06:26
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Any new LW bios in the offing?

Guys:

It's my annual quest for new reading material;

I know Meimberg, Schuck & Fischer have released their War Bios(I'm still hoping Meimberg's gets translated into English...); are there any others 'in the pipeline' that I should anticipate?

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Old 5th January 2011, 17:22
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Re: Any new LW bios in the offing?

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Old 6th January 2011, 08:33
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Re: Any new LW bios in the offing?

Hi Nick,

Here are some recent and upcoming titles that you might want to look into.

Released within the past few months:
  • Eisenbach "Fronteinsätze eines Stuka Fliegers"
    Biography of Fritz, a typical Stuka pilot who served in StG 3 (KIA on Mar 30, 1944)
  • Scherzer, Terlaak "Ohne Ritterkreuz und Eichenlaub: Die Erlebnisse eines Nachtjagdpiloten 1940-1945"
    Biography of Wilhelm Kleebauer (9 confirmed & 11 unconfirmed kills)
  • Jähnert "Mal oben – mal unten, teil 1: Als Sturzkampfpilot an allen Fronten 1935-1943"
  • Jähnert "Mal oben – mal unten, teil 2: Mit dem Stukageschwader 3 an der Ostfront 1943-1945"
    Revised edition of Erhard Jähnert's autobiography (1st ed. published in 1992)
  • Diemer "Überlebenschance gleich Null: Vom sinnlosen Sterben der Torpedoflieger"
    Autobiography of Bodo Diemer, a Ju 88 pilot.
  • Ritterkreuzträger Profile #8 "Joachim Müncheberg – Der Jäger von Malta"
    The most recent title in this softcover series published by Unitec-Medienvertrieb. Previous titles covered Graf, Bär, Schnaufer, Winnerl (KG 1), and Schierholz (Bf, NJG 3)
  • Röll "Major Joachim Müncheberg: Vom König der Malta-Jäger zum lägendären Jäger-Ass von Tunis"
    The most recent title in this hardcover series published by Flechsig. Earlier titles covered Kittel, Batz, Bär, and Schnaufer.
  • Braatz "Walter Krupinski – Jagdflieger, Geheimagent, General"
    The latest biography published by 296. Other recent titles covered Walter Wolfrum and Werner Mölders.
  • Migeod "Der Kommandeur"
    Autobiography of Heinz Migeod, StG 3 (POW Nov 11, 1942)

To be released in the near future:
  • Möbius "In the Skies Over Europe: The Memoirs of Lutwaffe Fighter Pilot Günter Scholz"
    English edition of "Am Himmel Europas"

Upcoming (publication date unknown):
  • Braatz "God or an Airplane. The Life and Death of Fighter Ace Günther Lützow"
    English edition of "Gott oder ein Flugzeug"
  • Meimberg "Enemy Contact: Reminiscences 1939-1945"
    English edition of "Feindberührung"
  • Barbas "Gerhard Barkhorn"
  • Bobek "Heinz Bär"

Hope that helps,
Leon Venter
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Old 6th January 2011, 08:39
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Re: Any new LW bios in the offing?

Wow, Meimberg in English?! Baer AND Scholz? OUT...standing! I can hardly wait!;

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Old 6th January 2011, 11:49
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Re: Any new LW bios in the offing?

At the risk of appearing to being a crass American, I would love for the Muenchberg bios to feature English-language editions.

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Old 7th January 2011, 03:36
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Re: Any new LW bios in the offing?

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At the risk of appearing to being a crass American, I would love for the Muenchberg bios to feature English-language editions.

Kenneth
Same here...I admit to being maxed out language wise with Greek Spanish & English---anything else & I might become mute.

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Old 31st August 2011, 23:02
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Re: Any new LW bios in the offing?

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Upcoming (publication date unknown):
  • Braatz "God or an Airplane. The Life and Death of Fighter Ace Günther Lützow"
    English edition of "Gott oder ein Flugzeug"
  • Meimberg "Enemy Contact: Reminiscences 1939-1945"
    English edition of "Feindberührung"
  • Barbas "Gerhard Barkhorn"
  • Bobek "Heinz Bär"
Might have missed information elsewhere on the forum but are there any news on publication date for the Lützow and Meimberg books in english edition? Have been waiting for ages!
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Re: Any new LW bios in the offing?

I'm curious too. When are they supposed to come out in English? I'm still in the process of learning German, and though I'm better at it, I still have a ways to go before I can claim to be fluent. Then I'm going to have to get a second job to afford the tons of German language books I have always wanted to read.
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Re: Any new LW bios in the offing?

Although not a biography of a single flier luftfahrtverlag-start is coming out with Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger Pt.2. This provides a brief bio in both English and Deutsch of these Knights Cross winners. I have Part 1 and for someone getting back into Luftwaffe history I found it useful.

http://www.luftfahrtverlag-start.de/...ehomepage.html

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Re: Any new LW bios in the offing?

I have Part 1 of Die Ritterkreuztrager der Kampfflieger, and have already ordered Part 2. Excellent book!!!
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