Strangers in a Strange Land

Don Greer Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc., 1988. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11.5 inches. 80 pages. Illustrations (some in color). Appendix I Known German Codes. Appendix II American Aircraft Flown by the Luftwaffe. DJ has some wear and soiling. Stamp on rep. Hans-Heiri Stapfer (* 1962 ) is a Swiss nonfiction author. He grew up on Lake Zurich. For 15 years he worked as a journalist and editor for various weekly and daily newspapers, since October 2012 he has been working at the Regional Employment Center (RAV) in Thalwil. Since 1986 Stapfer has been writing nonfiction books about historical aviation, especially about Soviet, German and American aircraft, mainly in English. Around 30 titles had appeared by 2020. Combing nearly 200 photographs plus eight pages of full-color illustrations, this work recounts the individual histories of several planes, including the P-47 Thunderbolt, Beetle, whose pilot mistakenly touched down at a Luftwaffe air base. And the B-17 "Miss Ouachita", shot down by Nazi fighters, but then strafed on the ground by Allied fighters to make sure it never flew under Nazi control. It was later melted down by the Luftwaffe for its aluminum alloys to be used in building other German aircraft. Often ignored or shrouded in misconceptions and surrounded by wild rumors, this intriguing sidebar to the European air war is finally examined in detail to reveal just what happened to these strangers in a strange land. Condition: Very good / Good.

Keywords: Luftwaffe, German Air Force, Captured Aircraft, Warplanes, Wolf Hound, B-17, Flak Dancer, Down and Go! Miss Nonalee II, Phyllis Marie, Blonde Bomber II, Sunshine, Beetle, B-24, P-47

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