Heaven Next Stop (1974) By Gunther Bloemertz
 
Gunther Bloemertz may well have been a Luftwaffe fighter pilot like hundreds of others in World War 2, but he was also a natural philosopher. The story is an exploration of personal motivations and subsequent reactions to the extraordinary events of the time.
 
There is no false bravado regarding the grim aspects of ariel warfare. Also, there is a singular lack of techno-jargon that would, in the context of this very human story, be almost irrelevant. However, the events are vividly recounted such that the reader does gain an insight into what it must have been like to be faced with extreme personal danger and stress, exhilaration and emotional exhaustion while being strapped into what was, for many impressional young men, a flying coffin'
 
Soft Cover
143 pages
In Good Condition