LUFTWAFFE: Selection of A.Ls.S. and T.Ls.S. by various German Luftwaffe pilots of World War II comprising ...

LUFTWAFFE: Selection of A.Ls.S. and T.Ls.S. by various German Luftwaffe pilots of World War II comprising Karl-Heinrich Schulz (1906-1986) German Generalmajor, Knight's Cross winner. Two A.Ls.S., in one stating 'I know only some of the names you quote; but I do not know the addresses of any of these officers. I mush regret being of no help to you at all. But take into consideration the fact that 26 years have already gone by since the war ended. In that period, I have altered a lot of things', 1971; Friedrich Kless (1906-1994) German Generalmajor, Knight's Cross winner. Three A.Ls.S., in one stating 'There is a book, entitled 'Luftwaffe Encore', published by William Kimber of London, on one of my raids of that period in the Battle of Britain; it contains a picture of me, and is very fair and loyal', 1981; Hermann Dahlmann (1892-1978) German Generalleutnant, a fighter ace of World War I and influential aviation administrator during the Third Reich. A.L.S., Dahlmann, two pages, 4to, Prien, 13th September 1962, to an unidentified author, in German, discussing some photographs and stating, in part, 'The person erroneously described by you as Bulow is a war correspondent who stayed with us for 2 days only. A nice chap. I have forgotten his name. He was the one who suggested the photograph. Afterwards, a photograph was also taken of Goring and myself by a third person; this I still possess but cannot locate. But you are going to get it! The photograph you sent is also included in the book 'Air Aces'. I shall look forward with pleasure to your book on air aces…..You would certainly sell many more of these books if you were to insert in them a German translation of your article…..A piece of information which will interest you. Georg Ferchter, the writer on aviation, had died here in Prien, silently and unregarded. He was a recluse, lived entirely alone and self-centred with his books, letters and documents. He had been dead for days before his body was found. He left behind a vast quantity of material, in the field of the history of air warfare, in both world wars…..His literary remains have been sealed, now they must see to it that this mass of valuable papers is kept together'; Max Ibel (1896-1981) German Generalmajor and Knight's Cross winner, credited as one of the creators of the Luftwaffe. Group of six A.Ls.S. and one T.L.S., all in German and untranslated, each written to the aviation philatelist Hans Rossbach and with two carbon typed copies of his letters of reply; and Hermann Bruch (1893-1976) German Generalleutnant. T.L.S., H. Bruch, one page, oblong 8vo, Neustadt, 14th June 1971, to J. van Mastrigt, in German, sending his autograph and remarking 'I regret that I no longer have any photographs dating from the war period'. A few with file holes, otherwise generally VG, 16