Princes of Darkness by Knott, Claire Rose - 2008

Hersham, Surrey: Classic / Ian Allan, 2008. 208 pp, 9 7/8" H. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, reproductions, 5 colour plates (aircraft profiles). "(A) unique illustrated account of the careers of the two 'fighting princes' of the Luftwaffe's night fighter force, Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein and Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld, whose dramatic lives were often inter-connected. (The author) was granted unprecedented access by the princes' respective families to previously unpublished diaries, personal correspondence, logbooks and family photographs. The work also benefits from research in archival resources, technical data and recollections supplied by the princes' night fighter contemporaries, together with first-hand accounts from family, friends and fellow officers which offer a unique insight into the ambition, intensity and actions of the leading characters in time of war. (I)ncludes essential details of aircraft, weaponry, equipment and… Read More

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