Oral history interview with Hans Wohlbier, 2000 February 04.

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Oral history interview with Hans Wohlbier, 2000 February 04.

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Interview with Hans Wohlbier, Luftwaffe veteran (Stuka Wing 77), concerning his experiences as a dive-bomber pilot on the Eastern Front during World War II. Involvement in the Hitler Youth, 1933-40; pre-war anti-Semitism in Germany; decision to join the Luftwaffe, October, 1940; basic flight training at Breslau Luftkriegsschule, 1941-42; advanced Stuka training on the French Riviera, 1943; assignment to Stuka Wing 77 at Pančevo, Yugoslavia, 1943-44; assignment to the Ukraine, 1944, and ground support missions against Soviet troops; dive-bombing tactics; assessment of Soviet pilots; the German retreat across Eastern Europe, 1944-45; assignment to a Focke-Wulf 190 fighter; gasoline shortages; chaos at the end of the war; his change to civilian clothes to avoid capture; his postwar wanderings and emigration to the United States.

96 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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