One sunny day the Americans went out: 500 bombers and 200 escort fighters. To counter them, four Messerschmitts took off from Trapani: Rammelt, his wingman, Herbert and myself.
About 2,000 yards away, a group of B-17 bombers opened fire on us indifferently. "Okay, let's attack." Herbert ordered happily. "You pick the one on the left, and I'll fight on the right."
Of course, in the end, neither the bombers nor ourselves lost any skin; but the honor already belonged to the Germans: two fighter jets attacked 120 air barriers!
German pilot Alfons Schertl's novel-style memoir about his life in JG51 was translated from the English version of The Last Battle and edited by the German version Am Himmel blieb keiner.
It's basically a true story that makes you laugh until you can't stop crying.