Last Flight of the Luftwaffe
By (Author) Adrian Weir
Orion Publishing Co
Cassell Military
1st August 2001
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
European history
Second World War
Modern warfare
940.544943
Paperback
192
Width 177mm, Height 200mm, Spine 14mm
166g
The account of one of the most extraordinary stories to come from the closing days of the Second World War.
Desperate times drive determined men to desperate measures. In April 1945, their cause already clearly lost, an ill-assorted, ill-equipped group of Luftwaffe crew decided on one final 'death or glory' kamikaze mission - their trage an incoming USAAF Eighth Air Force bomber formation, their only weapons their aircraft.
Adrian Weir has researched this remarkable flight to retell it minute by minute: a hopeless gesture of immense courage, thrilling as the reader flies in the cockpit with the German pilots towards the unstoppable aircarft of the Mighty Eighth. Including accounts from the survivors of the mission, this is one of the most extraordinary stories to come from the closing days of the Second World War.
Adrian Weir is a successful military history author.