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The Luftwaffe's Secret WWII Missions (Hardcover)
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On the night of 14/15 August 1944, the roar of an unknown aircraft
was heard over the dense forests to the south-east of Moscow.
Flying past the Soviet capital, the aircraft turned towards a
secret' landing site at Yegoryevsk on the outskirts of the city.
But lying in wait were troops of Stalin's elite secret service,
SMERSH. The troops turned on the landing lights and the aircraft, a
German machine of some description, swept down to land. As the
aircraft touched down, some of the SMERSH troops lost their nerve
and opened fire prematurely. The German pilot responded quickly and
managed to pull his aircraft up in time to brush over the top of
the trees at the end of the clearing and disappear back into the
dark Soviet sky. This was just one of many vivid episodes in the
operational service of the Luftwaffe's special and secret units
which engaged in the delivery of agents and saboteurs in the rear
of the enemy throughout the Second World War - just on the Eastern
Front but across Asia and Europe. The activities of the pilots and
crews of these squadrons, even in the Luftwaffe itself, were closed
and secret. Information on the operations and missions of these
units was known only a limited number of people. It was common
practice for the crew of one aircraft in these units to know
nothing about the assignments of their fellow airmen. The area of
activity of such units and aircraft covered the whole of Europe,
North Africa, the Arctic circle, the Urals, the Caucasus, and
Central Asia including Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan. The Luftwaffe
not only flew to these remote regions, but also created secret
bases for their aircraft. Drawn from German and Russian sources,
much of the latter only recently declassified, the authors expose
for the very first time the Luftwaffe's secret operations and
reveal the fate of many of the pilots, agents and saboteurs in a
story as breathtakingly dramatic as any blockbuster novel.
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