Von Berg's War — Alan Martin

In 1940, Von Berg, a famous civilian pilot, transfers to the Luftwaffe. His tariff is to fly sixty attacking sorties out into the Atlantic from Bordeaux.Kreschmer, a senior Gestapo officer, wants him to join the Nazi Party. Von Berg prevaricates, but he has a weakness - his loyalty to Didi, his cousin, an officer on U-Boats.Didi is enamored by a fascinating gypsy flamenco dancer, Janita, but the task of the Gestapo is to eliminate gipsies. Conflict is inevitableInexorably, while fighting the British in the air, Von Berg is sucked into a conflicting world of ideologies and loyalties. The end is brutal.