| I |
1921 |
My
family's roots, and how I learned to fly |
| II |
1923 |
The
Occupation of the Ruhr and Hitler's seizure of Power |
| III |
1938 |
The Essen Synagogue burns. My schooldays |
| IV |
1940 |
Summer
1940: the war passes me by |
| V |
1940/41 |
My
time as a recruit. 1st Air Training Battalion, No. 16, Schleswig |
| VI |
1941 |
Air
Warfare School LKS 4, Fürstenfeldbrück, Upper Bavaria |
| VII |
1942 |
C-Schule
17, Pütnitz in Pomerania: Blind-Flying School, Copenhagen |
| VIII |
1943 |
Night-fighter
training and a parachute jump from a Messerschmitt 109 |
| IX |
25.July
1943 |
With
my operational unit. The RAF attack on Hamburg |
| X |
18.Aug.1943 |
The
RAF Attack on Berlin and Peenemünde. My first victory |
| XI |
23.Aug.1943 |
A
Berlin Raid: Escape by Parachute |
| XII |
1943 |
Reichsmarschall
Hermann Göring visits the Night Fighters |
| XIII |
1944 |
Night
Fighters versus four-engined Flying Fortresses by day |
| XIV |
28.April
1944 |
I
nearly land in Switzerland: OberLeutnant Johnen does so |
| XV |
1944 |
As
a Night Fighter in Hungary: Battles with Partisans |
| XVI |
4.Dec.1944 |
The
area-bombing of German Towns |
| XVII |
27.Dec.1944 |
The
Ardennes Offensive. Shot down by German Flak |
| XVIII |
1945 |
Chaos in Germany |
| IXX |
29.April
1945 |
Oberschleissheim
Airfield. Ground fighting. Taken prisoner |
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