Wings of war
Subtitle: an airman's diary of the last year of the war
By: by Rudolf Stark ; translated into English by Claud W. Sykes
Contributors: Sykes, Claud W. (Claud Walter), 1883- translator
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Havertown, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9781612001876; 9781612001883
Subjects: World War (1914-1918) fast (OCoLC)fst01180746; World War, 1914-1918; German Aerial operations; German Personal narratives; Aerial Military operations
Other titles: Wings of war by Rudolph Stark
Description: This is a rare day-to-day account by a young German squadron leader in Jagdstaffel 35 during the grim last year of the war. Originally published in 1933, it provides minute descriptions of kills, losses and the Germans' step-by-step retreat in the face of increasingly overwhelming Allied forces in the air.
Notes: Publishing History: Wings of War by Rudolf Stark was first published as Die Jagdstaffel unsere Heimat-Ein Flieger-Tagebuch aus dem letzen Kriegsjahr, in Leipzig, Germany by K.F. Koehler Verlag in 1932. It was first published in the UK (translated by Claud W. Sykes) by John Hamilton Ltd in 1933. This edition features all new typesetting and the illustrations have been re-originated from the German first edition of the book to give a much sharper, cleaner presentation. The text of the original book is unchanged and therefore may feature expressions and sensibilities that are at some distance from what is considered politically correct today.
Table of contents: title: Flying a Scout Machine; title: With Jagdstaffel XXXIV on the Verdun Front; title: The Amiens Offensive; title: May 1918 in the Somme Area; title: Leading Jagdstaffel XXXV; title: On Leave; title: The English Offensive; title: Cambrai Becomes a Battle Area; title: Idle Days in the Vosges; title: Fighting on a Wavering Front; title: Is it the End?; title: The End.