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As with the first book, I think this is probably fiction. I might believe this book more if I could find anything about Holger or Dieter Eckhertz or any sign of an original German edition, and if it didn't involve Sprech Media, which has been responsible for several other purported WW2 Gerrman biographical works which appear to me to be pretty much fiction. Why are these reports published only now and (apparently) only in English? What was the editing process? The pieces read nothing like real interview transcripts. As it is, I find the consistent detail and coherence of the memories implausible. The battle scenes are too cinematic and all have far too similar a tone, despite the efforts to present different "characters". Specific nerd-red-flags (acknowledging that I'm open to correction on all of these): - I don't think Assault Gun Battalion 200 had Stug III's (rather, conversions of French vehicles). - I call the section on the crude thermobaric weapon "Typhoon B" complete fiction until somebody produces real documentary evidence. What was the identity of the supposed artillery unit? - I don't know what it would mean for a fighter pilot to be "attached" to Jagdabschnittfuhrer 5. If he was in France before D-Day and he was flying a Bf 109G on June 6, I think he must have been a pilot with III/JG 26 which wasn't based "north of Evreux" and which I think flew no beachhead missions on the day (? - the commander of JG 26, Pips Priller, flew such a mission as depicted in "The Longest Day" but that was in a FW & from a different field than III/JG 26's at Villacoublay). He says the plane had 20mm guns "in each wing" but any wing guns on a 109G would have been mounted under the wings, in gondolas. Maybe not a big deal, but from what I've read, it would be odd for a pilot not to mention how much he hated the performance impact of those gondolas, particularly in a tussle with Mustangs.
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