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http://mywebpages.comcast.net/MKSheppard/StukaPilot.zip
E-BOOK version of STUKA PILOT by Rudel.....

I literally creamed my pants this morning when I saw someone had put
up STUKA pilot on alt.binaries.e-books

I've been looking for this book for several years, canvassing every goddamn
used bookstore for 50 miles around me for this book, and I've seen this
book go for $100 on Amazon.com

SO ENJOY!
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That's wonderful Shep!
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I never knew it was a rare book. Guess I should take better care of my copies.
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Sea Skimmer wrote:I never knew it was a rare book. Guess I should take better care of my copies.
You have STUKA PILOT?

ARRRGH! Why does everyone have that book except me?
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MKSheppard wrote:
Sea Skimmer wrote:I never knew it was a rare book. Guess I should take better care of my copies.
You have STUKA PILOT?

ARRRGH! Why does everyone have that book except me?
Yeah I have, really good book. My dad bought it a long time ago, probluly when it was still in print, and gave it to me a couple years ago.
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Hi Sheppard

You might like this.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ ... 65-3508814

The author is: Väinö Linna
The books name in original is: Tuntematon sotilas

In translation Unkown soldier.

I’t about the Finnish / Russian part of the 2nd world war and a great read.

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Is he the guy who destroyed a few hundreds of russian tanks,one russian
battleship,one heavy cruiser and god only know what else?
Because I have already readed it a long time ago.I did not know that it was a rare book.
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I saw the name of this thread and the first thought that went through my head was this "Shep's found another big evil destructive thing..." looks like I was at least partially right.
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Admiral Piett wrote:Is he the guy who destroyed a few hundreds of russian tanks,one russian
battleship,one heavy cruiser and god only know what else?
Because I have already readed it a long time ago.I did not know that it was a rare book.
Yes that’s him. 519 Tanks destroyed, the battleship Marat blown up, with A turret and the bow obliterated. Incredibly though, the ship did not sink and the aft turrets were back in action within weeks and kept firing throughout the siege of Leningrad.

However no cruiser was lost or even badly damaged in the time frame of Rudels operation over Leningrad. Pilots have a tendency to over estimate the size of ships by huge margins and report wide misses as direct hits.

In all likeliness he sank one of Russians bigger destroyer, or nothing at all.
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