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Summary:

Interview with Hans Wohlbier, Luftwaffe veteran (Stuka Wing 77), concerning his experiences as a dive-bomber pilot on the Eastern Front during World War II. Involvement in the Hitler Youth, 1933-40; pre-war anti-Semitism in Germany; decision to join the Luftwaffe, October, 1940; basic flight training at Breslau Luftkriegsschule, 1941-42; advanced Stuka training on the French Riviera, 1943; assignment to Stuka Wing 77 at Pančevo, Yugoslavia, 1943-44; assignment to the Ukraine, 1944, and ground support missions against Soviet troops; dive-bombing tactics; assessment of Soviet pilots; the German retreat across Eastern Europe, 1944-45; assignment to a Focke-Wulf 190 fighter; gasoline shortages; chaos at the end of the war; his change to civilian clothes to avoid capture; his postwar wanderings and emigration to the United States.

Author/Creator:

Wohlbier, Hans, 1923-

Contributors:

Alexander, William J.

World War II Eastern European Theater Oral History Project

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Oral history interview with Hans Wohlbier, 2000 February 04 [by Wohlbier, H.]

Related Works:

University of North Texas oral history collection

Related Series:

Oral History; [volume] 1362

Subjects:

Wohlbier, Hans, 1923- — Oral history

Germany Luftwaffe — History — World War, 1939-1945 — Oral history

Germany Luftwaffe — Stuka Wing 77 — Oral history

Kristallnacht, 1938 — Oral history

World War, 1939-1945 — Personal narratives, German — Oral history

World War, 1939-1945 — Aerial operations, German — Oral history

World War, 1939-1945 — Campaigns — Yugoslavia — Oral history

World War, 1939-1945 — Campaigns — Ukraine — Oral history

Stuka (Dive bomber) — Oral history

Focke-Wulf Fw 190 (Fighter plane) — Oral history

Germany — History — 1933-1945 — Oral history

Genres:

Oral history — Examples

World War II oral history — Examples

Eastern European Theater oral history — Examples

General Notes:

Interview conducted in 2000 for the World War II Eastern European Theater (Luftwaffe) Oral History Project. Interviewer: William J. Alexander.

Physical Description:

96 leaves ; 29 cm

Call Numbers:

OH 1362

OCLC Numbers:

352878723