BK342

YOU UP THERE - WE DOWN HERE
Anti-Aircraft Assistants vs. Allied Bomber Crews

by Gerhard Oberleitner

280 Photographs and Illustrations

Book Description

The author describes his experiences as a Luftwaffe Anti-Aircraft Assistant 1944-1945: “It was simply a question of us fifteen to sixteen-year olds manning the anti-aircraft guns on the ground defending ourselves against the airmen in the bombers and fighters 20 000 feet above our heads.”

Letters, reports, documents and above all, the author’s complete diary and photographs that do so much to authenticate this time capsule. He describes how it was in those days, the final two years of World War II – both on the ground and in the air, manning the guns and systems of the 7th German Anti-Aircraft Brigade, or on operations with the bombers of the 15th US Air Fleet - including insight into the lives of the schoolboy troopers “down here” and the bomber crews “up there”.

This Time Capsule includes some 280 photographs and illustrations, most of them never published before.

GOOD READ
First hand accounts from 15 & 16 year old Luftwaffe AA helpers of the 7th AA Brigade in their unequal battle against the mighty USA 15th AF.

BK342 - YOU UP THERE - WE DOWN HERE
Anti-Aircraft Assistants vs. Allied Bomber Crews

= English Text

Details: Hardcover, 270 pages, 280 photographs and illustrations, approximate size 8-1/2 x 11-1/4 inches, English text.

$60.00 +s/h