This book is dedicated to my friends Christa and Franz Rothenbiller, who have helped me to learn more about the intricacies of German language and culture. Their informal, patient lessons during nearly thirty years of sister-city exchanges have greatly benefitted my research.

Other books by Peter Kilduff

The Red Baron

That’s My Bloody Plane

Germany’s Last Knight of the Air

U.S. Carriers at War

A-4 Skyhawk

Germany’s First Air Force 1914-1918

Richthofen – Beyond the Legend of the Red Baron

Over the Battlefronts

The Red Baron Combat Wing

The Illustrated Red Baron

Talking With the Red Baron

Red Baron – The Life and Death of an Ace

Black Fokker Leader

Hermann Göring – Fighter Ace