FIGHTERS OF THE IRON CROSS

This book features the biographies of 14 German WWII fighter pilots as well as reports of their operational experiences in their own words. The names reproduced here are based on conversations the author has had with former fighter pilots over the past 45 years. The photos shown, many of which have never been published, are mostly from the pilots' own collection, as well as a few other sources.

Biographies and operational experiences of the following German pilots are presented: Captain Karl Leonhard, Major Diethelm von Eichel-Streiber, Sergeant Horst Petzschler, First Lieutenant Manfred Dieterle, Lieutenant Herbert Schlüter, Lieutenant Karl Albert Helm, Major Rolf-Günther Hermichen, First Lieutenant Gerhard Thyben, Lieutenant Elias Paul Kühlein, Sergeant Hans Langer, Sergeant Oskar Bösch, Lieutenant Willi Unger, Major Wilhelm Moritz and Major Georg-Peder Eder.