A Prisoner of Stalin
A Luftwaffe Officer 's memories of being captured on the Eastern front
Leutnant Gerhard Ehlert was a Dornier 217 night-time reconnaissance pilot operating over the eastern front. His missions were to take photographs of Red Army troop concentrations, illuminated by dropping flash-bombs. Navigation across the expanses of Poland and western Russia was a demanding business at night, re…
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