Rybin, Y. Luftwaffe ace Walter Schuck researched / Christer Bergstrom, Yuriy Rybin. - Sweden : [s. l.], 2019. - 190 p. : ill.

WALTER SCHUCK A Yak-9 o f 20 IAP/VVS SF. He could not get further, because in the next moment, several soldiers stood up and shouted back, indignant: “You can be a pig yourself! Where were you at the front?” The whole room was boiling with rebellion. In front of Schuck sat four mechanics from his Staffel. One of them, a Stabsgefreiter, was a former miner from the Ruhr district. Everyone in the unit knew that he was a convinced Socialist with outspoken anti-Hitler views. Everyone held him in high respect because he was such a great aircraft mechanic. This Stabsgefreiter turned around and looked at Schuck, who sat together with Dorr, Norz and a couple of other officers, and asked with scorn in his voice: “So this is the kind of talk you are here to listen to?” Behind Schuck and his officer colleagues sat the Geschwaderkommodore, Major Ehrler, and his staff. Schuck answered the Stabsgefreiter: “Look, I can’t get my hands dirty, but I can defend you.” The enlisted men in Schuck’s Staffel briefly held a tactical discussion, then they rose and jumped onto the stage. That was the signal to a general upheaval. Enlisted men and NCOs of the other Staffeln stood up and screamed insults at the NSFO, shaking their fists at him. The poor NSFO realised only too late that he had gone too far with these proud men. In panic, he began to run in a circle on the stage, just like a trapped animal. But three mechanics grabbed him firmly. Two took each of his arms, and the third man got hold on his wildly kicking feet. The NSFO yelled for help from the officers, but none of them moved even a finger. At the cheers from the enlisted men and the NCOs, the three mechanics threw the terrified NSFO out straight through the window, which shattered. Then everyone was up on the stage and crowded at the window. They saw the NSFO hopping away, and that was the last they saw of him. If there ever were any repercussions for the Geschwaderkommodore Major Ehrler for the rough treatment of the NSFO, it never came to Schuck’s knowl­ edge. In any case, shortly afterward a second NSFO arrived. He was a veteran from the First World War, where he had lost an arm and gained an Iron Cross. He also wore an Iron Cross from the Second World War. This NSFO proved to be more unobtrusive than his pre­ decessor, and tried to win the confidence of the pilots by flattering them. But his attempts were in vain when he addressed Jockel Norz, “the Primeval Bavarian farmer”. “Herr Leutnant, what will you do after the war?” the NSFO asked Norz. “Well,” Norz answered with an unconcerned look. “After the war I will return home and take care of my father’s farm.” “You won’t have to do that,” said the NSFO. “Such a successful hero as you will not have to dirt your hands. T