signed unbound
1963 · Columbia
by LUFTWAFFE PILOT - Gerhard Thyben (1922 - 2006)
Columbia, 1963. unbound. 2 pages (front and back) on personal stationery, 11 x 8.25 inches, Columbia, December 31, 1963. Signed "G. Thyben" by the "Ace" pilot and aviation innovator, discussing his missions, victories, the Russian Front, Anglo American air forces and his surrender, in part: "...Ich errang in 385 Frontflugen 152 anerkannte Luftsiege, diese allerdings in der Mehrzahl an der Russlandfront wo es damals fur die deutschen Jagdflieger leichter war zu Erfoldgen zu kommen als gegen die hervorrragende anglo-amerikanische Luftwaffe..." Near fine condition.
(Inventory #: 209313)