Luftwaffe Eagle: A WW2 German Airman's Story

In this compelling memoir, Erich Sommer recalls his life in pre—war Germany and the adventures he had flying for the Luftwaffe during the Second World War. Born in 1912, the third son of a district court judge, Erich grew up in an atmosphere of uncertainty following the First World War. In 1932 he started training as a brewery engineer, shortly before the Nazis came to power. The implications this had on the lives of average Germans are described in great detail.

When war came in 1939, he be...