| Interviewee | WOHLBIER, Hans (b. 1923) |
| Military Service | German Luftwaffe WWII Veteran, Stuka Wing 77 |
| Interview ID # | OH 1362 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | His experiences as a dive-bomber pilot on the Eastern Front during World War II. Involvement in the Hitler Youth, 1933-40; training at Breslau Luftkriegsschule, 1941-42; advanced Stuka training on the French Riviera, 1943; assignment to Stuka Wing 77 at Pancevo, Yugoslavia, 1943-44; assignment to the Ukraine, 1944, and ground support missions against Soviet troops; dive-bombing tactics; assessment of Soviet pilots; the German retreat across Eastern Europe, 1944-45; assignment to a Focke-Wulf 190 fighter; gasoline shortages; chaos at the end of the war; his change to civilian clothes to avoid capture; his postwar wanderings and emigration to the United States. |
| Interviewer(s) | William J. Alexander |
| Physical Description | 92 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Open |
