Helmut Lipfert Book order
Remembered by contemporaries as a consistent and professional pilot, he often withdrew into long periods of contemplation. After joining the Luftwaffe in 1941 and completing fighter pilot training, he was posted to the Eastern Front. Throughout his career, he achieved numerous aerial victories, including against American and Soviet aircraft. His accomplishments earned him high honors, marking him as a significant figure of his era. Following the war, he pursued a career as a school teacher, largely avoiding contact with his wartime comrades.
- 2007
- 1998
The War Diary of Hauptmann Helmut Lipfert
- 224 pages
- 8 hours of reading
Aerial combat over the Russian front from one who knew it first hand. Hauptmann Helmut Lipfert's vivid portrayal of his experiences in JG 52 during the last three years of the Second World War will stand as one of the truly classic chronicles of the Jagdwaffe over Russia. JG 52 Experten Walter Krupinski, Erich Hartmann, Gerhard Barkhorn and Heinz Ewald make their way through Lipfert's memoirs in an epic tale of combat over the Caucasus, Crimea, Hungary, and Rumania during the late war years of 1943-1945. Lipfert begins the story with his early experiences in the Bf 109 G-2 over Russia in II/JG 52 in 1943, and ends with I/JG 53 in 1945 with 203 aerial victories, one of the few pilots in histiry to reach 200. This book is a rare view into the air war over Russia, when Luftwaffe pilots accumulated incredible kill tallies while facing overwhelming odds against them in mass assaults. Werner Girbig is the author of Six Months to Oblivion-the Defeat of the Luftwaffe Fighter Force Over the Western Front 1944/45(available from Schiffer Military/Aviation History), and unit histories of JG 27 and JG 5.
- 1995
Válečný deník Helmuta Lipferta je jedna z klasických kronik německého stíhacího letectva v Rusku. Vzdušné souboje nad frontou jsou podány z pohledu muže, který je zažil na vlastní kůži. V roce 1943 získával své zkušenosti s II/JG 52, děj končí u I/JG 53 v roce 1945 po dosažení 203 vzdušných vítězství. Kniha však popisuje nejen příběh titulní postavy, ale i všech "expertů" od JG 52, Waltera Krupinskiho, Ericha Hartmanna, Gerharda Barkhorna a dalších, kteří jsou nerozlučně spjati s Lipfertovými osudy.
- 1981
- 1975
