Life of Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot
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Oskar Ziesig, born in 1919 in Gelsenkirchen near Essen, Germany, recounts his life, military career, and capture as a Luftwaffe pilot during World War II in an interview conducted in Australia on August 13, 2004. His firsthand account is creatively interwoven with period archival footage and precisely narrated, bringing depth and clarity to his remarkable story.
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