Anti bomber pilots, in defense of the fallen idea of a madman. Part 2

Hitler's obsessive thinking about the bomb hit a British city, didn't allow to focus on the defense of their own country. Those pilots in the second half of the war, were doomed, but always showed, unquestionable usefulness of fighter units and high qualifications of the Luftwaffe staff.

Messerschmitt Bf109 G6/R of 12./JG3 fitted  with loaded underwing 21 cm WGr mortar tubes photographed at San Severo, in central Italy, in August 1943

Know your enemy -  under the Mediterranean sun, Sicily-based Germn fighter pilots receive open air instruction on how to attack a B-24 in 1943

Anti bomber pilots - one of the most important groups of defense of the Reich. Set of the pictures - Part 1

Engine oil is pumped from a bowser into the tank of Oberleutnant Egon Mayer, Fw190 White 7 of 7./JG2, summer 1942

Fritz P. Boost Interview

Fritz Boost

Fritz Boost

Fritz P. Boost, born November 25, 1922 - May 1, 2009 Fritz passed away after a short battle with leukemia. He was 86. Born and raised in Bitterfeld, Germany, he was preceded in death by his father, Otto, who was killed in 1945 at the Buchenwald Concentration Camp; his mother, Hedwig, in 1974; and brother, Gerhard in 1982. During WWII, he flew transport planes including the ME323 and the JU52, mostly ferrying back the dead and wounded.
His point of view of the history of the Luftwaffe as a "cargo" pilot.
Nearly, 30 minutes interview with Mr Boost in one video file.