67 - Luftwaffe Night Fighter Ace, Wolfgang Thimmig

Published: May 15, 2018, 4:30 a.m.

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Joining me today is Max Thimmig, Max\\u2019s grandfather was the German WWII night fighter ace, Wolfgang Thimmig. Wolfgang joined the German Army, the Reichswehr, in 1934, and was one of the early pilots in Hitler\\u2019s newly created Luftwaffe, in 1935.

Incredibly Wolfgang flew with the Luftwaffe throughout the second world war, from Poland right to the end in 1945.

Max's book is\\xa0Nattens j\\xe4gare: Ett tyskt nattjaktess under andra v\\xe4rldskriget.

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