84. James Waller,
85. SRA 75, 30 April 1940, TNA, WO 208/4117. All subsequent quotations from this file.
86. See Jochen Böhler,
87. Jan Philipp Reemtsma,
88. Harald Welzer,
89. Mary Kaldor,
90. One of the most prominent and frequently read works of this sort is Johanna Haarer’s
91. SRA 3616, 31 January 1943, TNA, WO 208/4129.
92. Böhler,
93. Ibid., p. 185
94. See Kehrt,
95. Donald E. Polkinghorne, “Narrative Psychologie und Geschichtsbewußtsein: Beziehungen und Perspektiven,” in
96. Svenja Goltermann,
97. SRA 2642, 15 June 1942, TNA, WO 208/4126.
98. SRA 3536, 9 January 1943, TNA, WO 208/4129.
99. SRA 5538, 30 July 1944, TNA, WO 208/4134. The description refers to the “Vercors” mission from 21 July to early August 1944; cf. Peter Lieb,
100. SRA 1473, 1 April 1941, TNA, WO 208/4123.
101. SRA 180, 18 July 1940, TNA, WO 208/4118. This story refers to a false report made by a Stuka pilot, who claimed to have sunk a British battleship with a 250-kilogram bomb. It was common for soldiers to exaggerate their own successes. See Sönke Neitzel,
102. SRA 620, 26 September 1940, TNA, WO 208/4119.
103. SRA 3849, 18 March 1943, TNA, WO 208/4129.
104. SRA 623, 26 September 1940, TNA, WO 208/4119.
105. SRA 2600, 8 June 1942, TNA, WO 208/4126.
106. Klaus A. Maier et al.,
107. SRA 2600, 8 June 1942, TNA, WO 208/4126.
108. Paul,
109. SRA 2636, 15 June 1942, TNA, WO 208/4126.
110. Ibid.
111. SRA 2678, 19 June 1942, TNA, WO 208/4126.
112. SRA 3774, 6 March 1943, TNA, WO 208/4129.
113. Ibid.
114. SRA 3983, 6 May 1944, TNA, WO 208/4130.
115. SRA 828, 26 October 1940, TNA, WO 208/4120.
116. There were in fact cases on all war fronts of pilots being killed while parachuting to the ground. They were particularly frequent in the last phase of aerial warfare over Germany. American fighter pilots killed at least one hundred of their German counterparts in this fashion. Klaus Schmider, “The Last of the First: Veterans of the Jagdwaffe Tell Their Story,”
117. SRX 1657, 17 March 1943, TNA, WO 208/4162.