A Prisoner of Stalin (OS)

A Prisoner of Stalin The Chilling Story of a Luftwaffe Pilot Shot Down and Captured on the Eastern Front Language:English Format:Hardback Dimensions:6.1" x 9.2" Pages:152 Publisher:Frontline Books ISBN:9781526733214 Item No. 9781526733214 Leutnant Gerhard Ehlert was one of the few survivors of 2. Nachtaufklärungsstaffel, part of the Luftwaffe’s 6th Air Fleet, which operated on Eastern Front during the Second World War. Although he came from a family that spoke out against Hitler and the Nazi regime, he volunteered to join the Luftwaffe. He went on to undertake combat patrols under the most extreme circumstances.Facing hazardous weather conditions – often landing his aircraft ‘blind’ in heavy fog – and mountainous odds against Soviet air superiority, Ehlert completed twenty-two sorties before his Dornier Do 217M-1, coded K7+FK, was shot down on 14 June 1944. Despite strenuous efforts to escape the Soviets, along with his rear-gunner Feldwebel Wilhelm Burr, he was capture