Wolfgang W. E. Samuel
Wolfgang W. E. Samuel, Colonel, US Air Force (Ret.), was born in Germany in 1935 and immigrated to the United States in 1951 at age sixteen with an eighth-grade education and no English-language skills. Upon graduation from the University of Colorado, he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the US Air Force, then flew over one hundred strategic reconnaissance missions against the Soviet Union during the Cold War. His first book German Boy: A Refugee’s Story garnered favorable reviews from the New York Times and numerous other outlets. He is author of eight books published by University Press of Mississippi.
I Always Wanted to Fly
America’s Cold War Airmen
Pilots and crewmen remembering the Berlin Airlift, Korea, Vietnam, and secret flights over the Soviet Union
Silent Warriors, Incredible Courage
The Declassified Stories of Cold War Reconnaissance Flights and the Men Who Flew Them
The thrilling secret history of the American pilots who risked their lives to protect their country during the Cold War
In Defense of Freedom
Stories of Courage and Sacrifice of World War II Army Air Forces Flyers
An honor roll and an indelible remembrance of sacrifice, courage, and brotherhood in World War II
Coming to Colorado
A Young Immigrant's Journey to Become an American Flyer
The inspiring sequel to German Boy: A Refugee’s Story
American Raiders
The Race to Capture the Luftwaffe’s Secrets
A riveting account of the American servicemen who scrambled to keep Hitler’s technology out of Soviet hands
The War of Our Childhood
Memories of World War II
Accounts that bear witness to the unutterable horrors German children endured during World War II
German Boy
A Refugee’s Story
A refugee child’s witness to Nazi defeat, Soviet occupation, and his family’s debacle in war
Flights from Fassberg
How a German Town Built for War Became a Beacon of Peace
A brilliant merging of personal experience and world-changing, historical significance in a hamlet that held the line against Russia
The P-38 Lightning and the Men Who Flew It
Stories of the engineers who designed and the brave pilots who flew the fastest, deadliest fighter of World War II
- Copyright year: 2025