MALBORK, GNIEW, TCZEW, GOGOLEWO, CZARLIN, CZATKOWY, ULKOWY, KLESZCZEWKO, PRUSZCZ GDAŃSKI. Typescript containing memoirs of Gert Herbig, formerly a Luftwaffe aviator, sent to Wehrmacht units as a result of a shortage of aviation gasoline

MALBORK, GNIEW, TCZEW, GOGOLEWO, CZARLIN, CZATKOWY, ULKOWY, KLESZCZEWKO, PRUSZCZ GDAŃSKI. Typescript containing the memoirs of Gert Herbig, formerly a Luftwaffe aviator, sent to Wehrmacht units as a result of a shortage of aviation gasoline. Includes an account of the battles he was involved in with Soviet troops from 25. I. 1945 to 26.III.1945.A very detailed, daily account concerns first the fighting in the defense of Malbork between 25.I-12.II.1945, and later the fighting in retreat, ending on 26.III.1945 near Danzig. The author wrote about the havoc wreaked by "Stalinorgel" (Katyusha) and Soviet armored plunges. An unusual testimony of the last German days in "Gau Danzig-Westpreussen" and an important source for the 1945 battles in Gdansk Pomerania. 47 pp. on the fighting at Malbork, 82 pp. on the fighting during the retreat, manuscript plans of Malbork, and manuscript map of the battle area in the North of Danzig Pomerania, photos of Malbork included, pages in binder, signs of flooding, yellowing of pages. Deutsche Flieger kaempfen in Westpreussen.