BELOW WHOLESALE LOT WWII GRAF & GRISLAWSKI NEW save 75% Start Price USD 137.50 Current Price USD 137.50 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, July 20, 2008 End Time Sunday, July 27, 2008 Location Warner Robins, Georgia See more about 'BELOW WHOLESALE LOT WWII GRAF & GRISLAWSKI NEW save 75%' Description GRAF & GRISLAWSKI: A PAIR OF ACES, by Christer Bergstom. Eagle Editions Ltd., 2003. STATED - 1st EDITION, OUT-of-PRINT. 312 pages, ISBN #0972106049, Illustrated with photos. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 1 CASE = 10 COPIES. Description: 1st Edition - Out of Print. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. NEW. NEW. NEW. LUFTWAFFE ACES. This excellent book follows the lives and careers of two German Luftwaffe aces, Graf and Grislawski and is written by the same authors of 'Black Cross - Red Star'. The two men were like chalk and cheese, but they complimented each other well and became good friends. Graf, the quiet conscientious type that belied his determination while Grislawski was brash, hot-headed and stood for no nonsense. Grislawski came from a working class background and hardship and his refusal to join the Hitlerjugend vitually railroaded his chances of becoming a pilot from the outset, but he was able to join the navy as a naval flier to receive flight training. The book is extremely well written and thought out and we see two inexperienced flyers slowly develop in confidence and develop into hardened veterans and aces of immense skill. The book seems to interchange from a biographical mode to one that describes events and experiences first hand, providing excellent and enthralling accounts of some aerial combat. The book talks of German fighter pilots (including Graf) driven onward to fly as many missions as possible despite exhaustion and fatigue, to achieve the Knights Cross decoration. (Neck-Itches as referred to in the book). Graf was effectively grounded by the Nazi hierachy after becoming the first man to reach two hundred victories and this is when his obsession for the love of soccer became more apparant. Grislawski's fighter career continued and became the mentor to Erich Hartmann and Hartmann likewise Grislawski's protege. Despite all Grislawski's experience on the Russian front it was ironically his transfer to the Western front for him to realize the meaning of total war, for this is where he saw German pilots machine gunned in their parachutes by American fighter pilots. The unrelentless Allied aerial assualt became a huge mounting cost for the Luftwaffe. The book also covers the captivity of Graf and Grislawski and the authors find no evidence of Graf's alleged cooperation with the Soviets after examining his POW file. Overall, this is a first class book, easy and exciting to read, with many photographs (many probably from Grislawski's private collection). It also includes a section of colour profiles of the machines Graf and Grislawski flew and a full tally of their confirmed kills. Highly recommended book.                                                                       ISBN 0972106049 Original Retail on this book was $54.95. SUPER HIGH QUALITY PRINTING, on glossy paper.   BOOK STORES - ON-LINE BOOKSELLERS - WHOLESALERS - LIBRARIES - SCHOOLS - GIFTS Tired of "GUESSING" what you will get in those "WHOLESALE" lots? Well guess no more!! We are re-directing our book selling efforts by providing BRAND NEW, 1st QUALITY - PACKED IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S CARTONS, books at BELOW WHOLESALE Prices. We are offering various titles and interest areas to you at a starting bid of 75% off Retail price! The exact same type of books you receive from your current distributor, but a WHOLE LOT CHEAPER! You will know EXACTLY what you are bidding on and EXACTLY what you will be receiving. We offer single title books by the carton. 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