The Complete Story of Hans-Joachim Marseille as Told by Those Who Knew Him and Those He Fought by Colin D. Heaton “In Star of Africa, Heaton has produced the definitive biography of Hans-Joachim Marseille, the unconventional Luftwaffe super-ace who dominated the North African air war….The text is superbly augmented with rare photos and numerous appendices that will keep readers and researchers busy for decades to come.” -Barrett Tillman, Forgotten Fifteenth: The Daring Airmen Who Crippled Hitler’s War Machine; Former Secretary, American Fighter Aces Assoc. “Great story of a German war hero who opposed his brutal government and displayed chivalry and compassion towards his enemies, maintaining his honor, and becoming a legend.” -Maj. Gen. James E. Livingston, Co-author of Noble Warrior: The Story of Maj. Gen. James E. Livingston, USMC (Ret.), Medal of Honor “What Colin Heaton has written is the Magnum Opus of the Marseille phenomenon….a 125-pound killing dynamo that broke and then rewrote the rules of fighter-to-fighter combat, allowing him to dominate the North African skies for almost 18 months. There is simply no better book on this topic.” -Lt. Col. Robert Tate, USAFR (ret.), AWACS Pilot and WWII Historian “Heaton has created a very well-written, meticulously researched triumph of a biography with interviews from men who knew the amazing Marseille-a German, anti-Nazi Swing Kid and highly decorated fighter pilot-who threw away the rulebook but proved that he indeed ruled the skies in WWII.” -H. P. Shreve, Author of The Secret Diaries of a POW: COL Arthur L. Shreve, Jr., (adapted to film Once a Colonel)
