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Erich Hartmann Gnther Rall Fighter Heros Of WwiiLieutenant-general gã¼nther rall is the third most successful fighter ace in history. He achieved a total of 275 victories during world war ii 272 on the eastern front, of which 241 were against soviet fighters. He flew a total of 621 combat missions, was shot down 8 times and was wounded 3 times. He scored his victories in the messerschmitt bf 109. Erich alfred bubi hartmann (19 april 1922 â? 20 september 1993), also nicknamed the blond knight of germany by friends and the black devil by his enemies, was a german fighter pilot and still is the highest scoring fighter ace in the history of aerial combat. He scored 352 aerial victories (of which 345 were won against the soviet air force, and 260 of which were fighters) in 1,404 combat missions and engaging in aerial combat 825 times while serving with the luftwaffe in world war ii. During the course of his career, hartmann was forced to crash land his damaged fighter 14 times. This was due to damage received from parts of enemy aircraft he had just shot down, or mechanical failure. Hartmann was never shot down or forced to land due to fire from eneym aircraft. 1. Hartmann, a pre-war glider pilot, joined the luftwaffe in 1940 and completed his fighter pilot training in 1942. He was posted to jagdgeschwader 52 (jg 52) on the eastern front and was fortunate to be placed under the supervision of some of the luftwaffe's most experienced fighter pilots. Under their guidance hartmann steadily developed his tactics which would earn him the coveted knight's cross of the iron cross with oak leaves, swords and diamonds on 25 august 1944 for claiming 301 aerial victories.
He scored his 352nd and last aerial victory on 8 may 1945. He and the remainder of jg 52 surrendered to united states army forces and were turned over to the red army. Convicted of false war crimes and sentenced to 25 years of hard labour, hartmann would spend 10 years in various soviet prison camps and gulags until he was released in 1955. In 1956, hartmann joined the newly established west german luftwaffe and became the first geschwaderkommodore of jagdgeschwader 71 richthofen. Hartmann resigned early from the bundeswehr in 1970, lragely due to his opposition to the f-104 starfighter deployment in the bundesluftwaffe and the resulting clashes with his superiors over this issue. Erich hartmann died ni 1993. Two original signatures of tihs great german fighter heros. Erich hartmann signed white card with a pasted picture of hartmann and his wife. Gã¼nther rall signed photo.
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