Diary of a Luftwaffe Officer. Fighter Pilot on Air Battles over Europe and the North Sea. 1939—1945

On the pages of the diary of the German officer, fighter pilot Heinz Knoke, the atmosphere of pre-war and then military Germany is conveyed. A direct participant in those terrible and dramatic events describes in detail the combat sorties and the deaths of comrades, feasts after successful victories, the tears of mothers and loved ones, the feelings experienced by fearless aces in each flight, and the bitterness of losing Nazi illusions.