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Dr. Colin Heaton Interviews
This page has links to a number of personal interviews that Dr. Colin Heaton has made with military heroes. They have been published over the years in Primedia Publication's military magazines such as Aviation History, World War II, Military History, etc. With a few exceptions, all of these interviews are the unedited text as sent to the publisher.
I have been given permission to include about 30 of these interviews, which I will post as I have time. There are approximately 100 of these interviews, but the copyright does not revert back to my friend until six months after they have been published. So, I cannot post them until the copyright reverts back to my friend.
These personal interviews are incredible. Through these files you get the candid thoughts and observations of those who were there with their feet on the ground. This is all first-hand information. Many of these heroes are now deceased. In the case of several like Hartmann, Sakai, and Boyington, these are the last interviews with them before they died.
In addition to these interviews, I have the audio tapes of about a dozen other interviews. I hope to convert those cassette and microcassette tapes to a CD format and Dr. Heaton will offer them at a later date.
Gregory "Pappy" Boyington - World War II Marine Ace and Medal of Honor recipient. Flew with Flying Tigers.
Leon Degrelle - Belgium officer who fought with the Nazi. Received Knights Cross with Oakleaves - highest award received by a foreigner.
General Jimmy Doolittle - USAF General. Leader of the "Doolittle Raid" on Japan. Medal of Honor recipient.
Adolf Galland - German WWII ace, recipient of the Knights Cross with Oakleaves, Swords and Diamonds.
Wolfgang Falk -German WWII ace. Knights Cross recipient and father of the night fighters
Erich Hartmann - History's most successful fighter pilot with an incredible 352 aerial victories and one of only 27 German soldiers to receive the Knights Cross with Oakleaves, Swords and Diamonds.
Leo Maximciuc - World's youngest fighter pilot.
Saburo Sakai - Japan's top surviving WWII ace.
Johannes Steinhoff - One of Germany's top WWII aces.
Otto Kumm - Waffen SS Major General, holder of Knight’s Cross, Oak Leaves, Swords.
Karl Wolff - Adjutant to Reichsfuehrer Heinrich Himmler. SS Lt. General
Ivan Kozhedub - Top Allied Ace. Recipient of three Hero of the Soviet Union decorations.
Peter Krueler - Guerrilla and messenger during Boer Wars and German volunteer in World War I Africa.
Lothar Pankosk - Pro-German Chetnik during World War II
Gregor Koronov - Red Army tank commander, veteran of the European and Far East conflicts. Operated with and supported partisan units. Expert on NKVD military tactics.
Albert Kerscher - Waffen SS tank and platoon commander -Staff Sergeant 2nd Waffen SS Division ‘Das Reich’. Operated in Russia and Hungary with guerrilla forces. Awarded Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves.
Anna Nikolina - NKVD Colonel, infantry officer in World War II, operated with partisan units. One of three persons who raised Soviet flag over the Reichstag on May 1, 1945.
Hans-Dietrich Hossfelder - Former Brandenburg commando; Waffen SS panzergrenadier First Lieutenant awarded Knight’s Cross (questionable). Served in 2nd Waffen SS and Skorzeny Kommando; one of six members of the Klingenberg capture of Belgrade in April 1941.
Dietrich Hrabak - Luftwaffe fighter pilot, WW II, rank of Colonel; post-war Lieutenant General in NATO; Kommodore of JG’s-52, 54 on Eastern Front. Awarded Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves, 125 aerial victories.
Milo Stavic - Communist guerrilla and military intelligence operator; dog handler and bodyguard for Josip Broz ‘Tito’ during World War II
Hermann Boschet - Waffen SS lance-corporal, anti-partisan commando in Yugoslavia, 1944 45.
Edward Haydon - Shot down Walter Nowotny - Diamond's recipient and Germany's top ace at that time.
Mario Antonucci - Alpine Commando, anti-partisan Hunter in Russia, Albania, and Yugoslavia.
William Cameron, Jr. - A WWII Infantry officer