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Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section L - R
OERTEL, Ernst. (DOB: 1923). 21.07.43 Lt. IV./JG 3 WIA/DOW - in air raid at Leverano. 23.07.43
died of wounds.

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German

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section S - Z
SCHLEINHEGE, Hermann. (DOB: 21.02.16 in Essen or Koblenz). (R, DKG). 1941 Uffz. in I./JG 3.
05.42 trf to II./JG 54. 09.08.42 Fw., in 6./JG 54. 07.01.43 Fw., 6./JG 54. 07.03.43 Fw., 6./JG 54.
08.06.43 Fw., Stab/JG 54. 05.08.43 Ofw., JG 54 WIA - Fw 190 A-4 (Yellow 2) shot down. 19.08.43 WIA
- Fw 190 A-6 (Yellow 3) shot down in Pl.Qu. 50251. 11.10.43 Ofw., awarded the Ehrenpokal. 12.02.44
Ofw., Stab/JG 54. 20.03.44 Ofw., Stab/JG 54 awarded DKG. 04.04.44 Ofw., Stab/JG 54. 16.08.44 Lt.,
Stab II./JG 54. 05.09.44 Lt., Stab II./JG 54. 19.11.44 Lt., Stab II./JG 54. 1944 in 4./JG 54, then 7./JG 54
and then 8./JG 54. 28.01.45 Lt., awarded Ritterkreuz, 8./JG 54. Early 45 Lt. Staka 8./JG 54. Credited
with 484 combat missions and 97 air victories. †11.03.2014 in Soest.

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German
Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section L - R
REINERT, Ernst-Wilhelm ("Erwi"). (DOB: 02.02.19 in Köln-Lindenthal). (RES, DKG). 04.39 joined
the Luftwaffe following RAD service and began flight training. c.11.40 assigned to Erg.St./JG 77.
04.41 trf to II./JG 77. 05.41 in 4./JG 77. 01.12.41 promo to Uffz. 16.02.42 Uffz., awarded the
Ehrenpokal. 25.05.42 Uffz., awarded DKG. 02.06.42 Fw., 4./JG 77. 01.07.42 Uffz., awarded
Ritterkreuz, 4./JG 77 and promo to Feldwebel. 07.42 lost two Bf 109 F-4 in accidents. 08.07.42 Fw.,
4./JG 77. 23.07.42 Fw., 4./JG 77 WIA shot down by a Pe-2 - Bf 109 F-4. 05.09.42 Fw., 4./JG 77.
06.10.42 Fw., awarded Eichenlaub, 4./JG 77. 02.01.43 Fw., 4./JG 77. 26.02.43 Fw., 4./JG 77.
13.03.43 Ofw., 4./JG 77. 01.04.43 Ofw., 4./JG 77. 04.43 with 6./JG 77. 20.04.43 promo to Lt.
06.05.43 Lt., 4./JG 77. 13.08.43 Lt., 4./JG 77 MIA - lost Bf 109 G-6 (White 1) shot down at sea by a
P-40 and ditched E of Milazzo in Pl.Qu. 13 Ost/59731 - returned. 07.09.43 Lt. in 4./JG 77, appt Staka
3./JG 77 (to 03.04.44 then Staka 1./JG 27)). 22.10.43 Lt., 3./JG 77. 07.12.43 Lt., 1./JG 77. 03.04.44
appt Staka 1./JG 27. 13.05.44 Oblt., appt Staka 12./JG 27 (to 12.06.44). [05.44 Oblt., appt Staka
8./JG 27 (to c. 07.44) – doubtful]. 12.06.44 Oblt., appt Staka 15./JG 27 (to 30.06.44). 17.06.44 Lt.,
Stafü 12./JG 27 WIA - Bf 109 G - no details - bailed out. 01.07.44 Oblt., appt Staka 12./JG 27 (to
01.01.45). 05.07.44 Lt., 12./JG 27 WIA - Bf 109 G-6 - in air combat under unknown circumstances -
bailed out. (15.08.44: 12./JG 27 becomes 14./JG 27). 02.11.44 Oblt., 14./JG 27. c.01.01.45 appt
Kdr. IV./JG 27 (to 07.05.45). 01.02.45 Staka 14./JG 27, awarded the Schwerter to the Ritterkreuz and
promo to Hptm. 03.45 reportedly trf to III./JG 7 for Me 262 training (unconfirmed). 05.45 became
POW of the Americans - released after 6 months. Credited with 174 air victories, 16 more destroyed
on the ground, 16 armored vehicles and 6 locomotives in more than 700 combat missions. (n.d.) post
war, studied medicine and later started his own practice. 01.04.56 joined the Bundeswehr. 01.12.57
assigned to the ALMA Staffel, later became its Staka. 1969 promo to Obstlt.and appt Kdr.
Fliegerhorst Westerland/Sylt. 30.09.72 retired as an Obstlt. and returned to medical employment.
†05.09.2007 in Bad Pyrmont

Reinert is credited with 174 enemy aircraft shot down in 715 combat missions. The majority of his victories were claimed over the Eastern Front with JG 77, with 51 in the Mediterranean, and 20 over the Western Front with JG 27. He was awarded the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, and Swords.

1. http://www.ww2.dk/Lw Offz - L-R Apr 2024.pdf
2. Signiertes Foto von Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert Orden Luftwaffe Jagdflieger | eBay

German

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section L - R
RALL, Günther. (DOB: 10.03.18 in Gaggenau/Baden). (RES, DKG). 04.12.36 joined the army as a
Fähnrich and served in Inf.-Rgt. 12. 1937 trf from the Heer to the Luftwaffe. 1937 attended LKS
Dresden. 01.07.38 trf to Fl.Ausb.Rgt. 13 Neubiberg. 17.07.39 Lt., trf to JFS Werneuchen. 08.39 trf
to 4./JG 52. 09.39 Lt., in II./JG 52. Winter 1939/40 assigned to 8./JG 52. 18.05.40 Lt., 8./JG 52.
25.07.40 Oblt., appt Staka 8./JG 52 (to 28.11.41). 01.08.40 promo to Oblt. 13.06.41 Oblt., Staka
8./JG 52 (to 28.11.41). 29.08.41 Oblt., 8./JG 52 WIA - Bf 109 F-4 damaged in an emergency landing
at Waldschneisse following combat. 20.09.41 Oblt., 8./JG 52 unhurt? - Bf 109 F-4 shot up, force-
landed vic Lesniki/Russia. 17.11.41 Oblt., 8./JG 52 awarded the Ehrenpokal. 28.11.41 Oblt., 8./JG
52 badly WIA - Bf 109 F-4 after being shot down by an I-16, he crashed in a gully vic Rostov and
broke his back in three places resulting in temporary paralysis on the right side - hospitalized at an
unidentified Feldlazarett. then hospitalized in Bucharest, then therapy at the Wiener Universitätsklinik
- hospitalized for 8 months. 15.12.41 Oblt., awarded DKG, 8./JG 52. 02.08.42 Oblt., 8./JG 52.
28.08.42 Hptm., re-appt Staka 8./JG 52 following hospitalization and convalescence (to 05.07.43).
03.09.42 Oblt., awarded Ritterkreuz, Staka 8./JG 52. 28.09.42 Oblt., 8./JG 52. 26.10.42 Oblt.,
awarded Eichenlaub, Staka 8./JG 52. 28.11.42 Oblt., 8./JG 52 WIA severely during forced-landing -
Bf 109 F-4 shot down by I-16 near Rostov. 04.02.43* Oblt., appt acting Kdr. III./JG 52 (to 03.43).
01.04.43 promo to Hptm. 06.04.43 in III./JG 52, appt provisional Kdr. II./JG 52 (?). 30.04.43 Hptm.,
8./JG 52. 03.05.43 Hptm., 8./JG 52. 06.07.43(05.07.43 ? *) Hptm., appt Kdr. III./JG 52 (18.04.44)
09.07.43 Hptm., Stab III./JG 52 unhurt - Bf 109 G-6 (Black << +~) combat with a fighter, emergency
landing vic Petrovka, E of Belgorod. 12.07.43 Hptm., Kdr. Stab III./JG 52 unhurt - Bf 109 G collision
in combat with an LaGG-3, safely landed at Ugrim. 29.08.43 Hptm., Stab III./JG 52. 12.09.43
Hptm., awarded Schwerter, Kdr. III./JG 52. 29.09.43 Hptm., 8./JG 52. 02.10.43 Stab III./JG 52.
11.10.43 Hptm., Stab III./JG 52 unhurt? - explosion on the ground without the a/c at Zaporezhye.
12.10.43 Stab III./JG 52. 05.11.43 Maj., Stab III./JG 52. 30.11.43 Maj., Stab III./JG 52. 01.12.43
went on furlough. 11.01.44 went to Rastenburg to receive the Swords from Hitler personally.
26.02.44 Maj., Stab III./JG 52. 10.03.44 Maj., Stab III./JG 52. 19.04.44 Kdr. III./JG 52, appt Kdr.
II./JG 11 (to 12.05.44 WIA). 29.04.44 Maj., Stab II./JG 11. 12.05.44 Maj., Kdr. II./JG 11 WIA -
shot down - Bf 109 G-5 (<<) by P-47s of 56 FG, losing his left thumb, hospitalized with severe
infection and convalescing until 11.44). 01.05.44 promo to Maj.( RDA 01.11.43). 12.05.44 Maj.,
Kdr.Stab II./JG 11 WIA - Bf 109 G-5 (Black <<+-) shot down by P-47 SE of Winden, 3 km NE of
Nassau/Lahn. 11.12.44 Maj., appt Kdr. Verbandsführerschule Gen.d.Jagdflieger (to 27.04.45).
20.02.45 appt Kommodore JG 300 (to 08.05.45). Credited with 275 air victories in 621 combat
missions. Shot down 8 times, wounded 3 times. (n.d.) postwar he applied to attend medical school
but was refused as a "militarist". 1947 head of the Secretariat of the well known boarding school
Salem Castle on Lake Constance. 01.01.56 joined the Bundeswehr as an Obstlt. (n.d.) Oberst, appt
Inspizient der Jagdflieger im Führungsstab der Luftwaffe. (n.d.) appt Kommodore JaboG 34.
01.02.64 attended 25. Lehrgang des NATO Defense College in Paris. 01.09.64 promo to Oberst.
01.04.66 Brigadegeneral, appt Inspizient für die fliegenden Verbände der Bundesluftwaffe (to
11.06.67). 15.11.67 appt Kdr. 3. Luftwaffendivision in Münster (to 31.03.68). 01.04.68 appt Kdr. 1.
Luftwaffendivision in Messstetten/ Allgäu. 15.04.69 appt Chef des Stabes der 4. Alliierten Taktischen
Luftflotte (Chief of Staff/4th Allied Tactical Air Force) Ramstein/Pfalz. 01.10.70 promo to Gen.Lt.
and appt chairman of the NATO-military-committee to Brussels (to 31.12.70). (n.d.) appt Chief of
Staff of the Bundesluftwaffe (to 31.03.74). 01.04.74 was Germany's representative at NATO's
military committee in Brussels. 30.09.75 retired as a Gen.Lt. †04.10.2009 at Bad Reichenhall due to
a heart attack. [* acc to J. Prien].

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German

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section L - R
RÖKKER, Heinz. (DOB: 20.10.20 in Oldenburg/Niedersachsen). (RE, DKG). 10.39 entered the
Luftwaffe. 07.40 began flight training with Fl.Ausb.Rgt. 22. 08.41 trf to BFS 5 for training. 09.41
trf to NJ Schule 1 for training. c.04.42 assigned to I./NJG 2. 06.05.42 Lt. trf to 1./NJG 2. (n.d.) Ju
88 C-6 (R4+FR) crashed at Catania. 30/31.05.42 Lt., 1./NJG 2 unhurt - Ju 88 C-4 (R4+BH) damaged
by AA, crash-landed at Kastelli a/f/Crete. 20.06.42 Lt., 1./NJG 2 unhurt - Ju 88 C-6 (R4+PL)
damaged by return fire from a Beaufort0 vic Pl.Qu. 34 Ost/6726 force-landed vic Athens. 28/29.06.42
Lt., 1./NJG 2 WIA - Ju 88 C-6 (R4+DH) hit by return fire from a Wellington vic Marsa Matruh, belly-
landed 60 km SE of Marsa Matruh. 14/15.07.42 Lt., 1./NJG 2 unhurt - Ju 88 C-6 (R4+EH) crash-
landed at Tobruk when landing gear collapsed. 15.12.42 appt Staka 1./NJG 2. 19.04.43 Lt., 1./NJG
2. 24.08.43 Lt., 1./NJG 2. 01.10.43 promo to Oblt. 20.12.43 Oblt., 1./NJG 2. 05.01.44 Oblt., appt
Staka 2./NJG 2 (to 08.05.45). 24.02.44 Oblt., 2./NJG 2. 15/16.03.44 Oblt., 2./NJG 2. 27.03.44
Hptm., 2./NJG 2 unhurt - Ju 88 R-2 (4R+BB) emergency landing at Mainz-Finthen following an AA
hit, engine stopped. 28.04.44 Oblt., 2./NJG 2. 27.07.44 Oblt., awarded Ritterkreuz, Staka 2./NJG 2.
27.07.44 crashed his Ju 88 G-6 (4R+CK) at Catania. 01.08.44 promo to Hptm. 07.08.44 Oblt.,
2./NJG 2. 01.10.44 awarded DKG, 2./NJG 2. 15.10.44 Hptm., 2./NJG 2 unhurt - Ju 88 G-1 (4R+EK)
motor aflame and landing gear failure during bad landing at Wunstorf due to field illumination failure.
04.11.44 Hptm., Stab I./NJG 2. 05/06.01.45 Hptm., 2./NJG 2. 12.03.45 Hptm., awarded Eichenlaub,
Staka 2./NJG 2. Credited with 161 combat missions and 64 air victories, all but 1 at night. (n.d.)
retired from the Bundeswehr as a Hptm.d.R. Author of : Chronik: I.Gruppe Nachtjagdgeschwader 2
– I./NJG 2 (Zweibrücken: VDM Heinz Nickel, 1997).



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German

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section L - R
ROELL, Werner Paul. (DOB: 08.02.14 in Ailly-sur-Noye/France). (R, DKG). 1934 became an
Offiziersanwärter in the Kriegsmarine in an aeronautical specialization. 1935 trf from the Marine to
the Luftwaffe and received flight training at Salzwedel and Schliessheim. 1936 promo to Lt. in a
Marinegeschwader. (n.d.) received fighter and dive bomber training at about the time he transferred
to the Luftwaffe. 1937 Lt., assigned to I./St.G. 165 and then to St.G. 77 following training. 04.41
Staka 4./St.G. 77. 24.11.41 or 10.12.41 Oblt., awarded DKG, II./St.G. 77. 1942 Staka, Stabstaffel
St.G. 77, promo to Hptm. 27.08.42 Hptm., Stab/St.G. 77. (n.d.) trf to 4./St.G. 77. 20.02.43 Hptm.,
appt Kdr. I./St.G. 77 (to 18.10.43). 25.05.43 Hptm.,awarded Ritterkreuz on completion of 440 combat
missions, Staka Stabsst./St.G. 77. 01.09.43 promo to Maj. 18.10.43 appt Kdr. I./SG 77 (to 01.12.43).
01.12.43 trf to Luftkriegsakademie in Berlin and an instructor to early 1945. at the
Luftkriegsakademie. 04.45 was Offizier z.b.V. in JV 44. Credited with 477 missions and with
sinking a light cruiser in the Black Sea. 1948 became a coach at a German school in Chile (to 1952).
1953 returned to Germany and worked at a machine factory. (n.d.) was a reservist in the Bundeswehr,
as an Obstlt. †10.05.2008 in Salenstein/Switzerland

One known victory, a Soviet SB-2 bomber on 27 August, 1942. Kdr I/SG-77 in Dec 43. 477 missions and sinking one light cruiser near the Crimea. Served in Norway, over England, Yugoslavia, Crete, then to Defense of the Reich in JV-44. Promoted to Hptm after 440 combat missions. Deceased 10 May, 2008 Salenstein Switzerland (P. Bastin).

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Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section G - K
KARCH, Friedrich ("Fritz"). (DOB: 17.01.20 in München). (W.B.K. München II). (R, DKG). 09.42
Fw., assigned to 6./JG 2 on completion of training. 01.11.42 Fw., promo to Lt.. (Kr.O./Fl.). 17.01.43
Lt., 6./JG 2. 17.04.43 Lt., appt Staka 6./JG 2 (to at least 31.12.43). 16.05.43 Lt., 6./JG 2. 04.07.43
Lt., 6./JG 2. 12.08.43 Lt., 6./JG 2. 09.10.43 Hptm., 6./JG 52 awarded the DKG. 26.11.43 Lt., 6./JG
2. Before 01.01.44 Hptm., appt Staka 6./JG 2 (still 31.12.44). 14.01.44 Lt., 6./JG 2. 08.03.44 Lt.,
6./JG 2. 24.04.44 Lt., awarded the Ehrenpokal. 20.06.44 Oblt., Staka 6./JG 2 unhurt - Bf 109 G-6
lost in air combat - no details. 07.10.44 Oblt., 6./JG 2. 20.10.44 Hptm., 6./JG 2. 28.02.45 Hptm.,
appt Kdr. II./JG 2 (to 08.05.45). 17.04.45 Hptm., awarded Ritterkreuz, Kdr. II./JG 2. Credited with
c.270 combat missions and 47 air victories. †30.12.2001 in Bayreuth.

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DIETRICH, Klaus. (DOB: 08.10.21). 24.02.43 Uffz., 2./JG 51. 09.03.43 Uffz., 2./JG 51. 11.05.43 Uffz., 2./JG
51. 08.06.43 Uffz., 2./JG 51. 13.07.43 Uffz., 2./JG 51. 19.08.43 WIA - Fw 190 crashed. 08.08.44 Fw., "JG
Führer". Credited with 17 victories

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German
Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section G - K
HANSTEIN, Reinhard von. 13.07.44 Lt., 2./JG 102 KIA - Bf 109 D lost in mid-air collision vic Rutzkai,
near Calau.

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German

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section G - K
HARTMANN, Erich. (DOB: 19.04.22 in Weissach/Württemberg). (RESB, DKG). 1924 went with his
parents to Changsa/China (to 1928). (n.d.) learned to fly at Böblingen from private lessons and his
family had their own light plane, a Klemm 27 (1930). 1936 began his flying career with sailplanes at
Weil. 1937 at age 15, already held A, B and C flying licences. 10.10.40 entered the Luftwaffe,
began training with Fl.Ausb.Rgt. 10 (to 28.02.41). 05.03.41 attended LKS II at Berlin-Gatow (to
14.10.41). 08.41 gained his pilot's licence. 15.10.41 attended JFS (at Lachen-Speyerdorf) (to
31.01.42). 01.02.42 attended JFS 2 (in Zerbst) (to 20.08.42). 31.03.42 promo to Lt. 21.08.42 trf to
Erg.JGr. Ost (to 10.10.42). 10.10.42 assigned to 7./JG 52. 05.11.42 Lt., 7./JG 52 unhurt? - Bf 109 G-
2 belly-landed vic Digora/E Russia after combat with an Il-2. 11.42 sick in hospital at Piatigorsk for 4
weeks. 27.01.43 Lt., 7./JG 52. 24.03.43 Lt. , 7./JG 52. 05.43 appt Stafü 7./JG 52. 25.05.43 Lt.,
7./JG 52 unhurt? - Bf 109 G - collision with a LaGG followed by a belly-landing behind the lines.
05.07.43 Lt., appt acting Staka 7./JG 52 (to 12.08.43). 01.08.43 Lt., 7./JG 52. 20.08.43 Lt., 7./JG 52
MIA - Bf 109 G-6 combat with an Il-2 vic Artemovsk and temporarily captured, but escaped.
23.08.43 returned. 02.09.43 Lt., appt Staka 9./JG 52 (to 30.09.44). 13.09.43 Lt., 9./JG 52 awarded
Ehrenpokal. 17.10.43 Lt., awarded DKG, III./JG 52. 29.10.43 Lt., awarded Ritterkreuz, 9./JG 52.
14.11.43 Lt., Stafü 9./JG 52 unhurt - Bf 109 G-6 (Yellow 1 + ~) emergency landing at Kirovograd due
to motor damage. 20.12.43 Lt., 9./JG 52. 22.02.44 Lt., 9./JG 52 unhurt? - Bf 109 G-6 crash-landed
on return to Uman. 07.01.44 Lt., 9./JG 52. 02.03.44 Lt., awarded Eichenlaub, Staffelführer 9./JG 52.
18.04.44 Lt., appt acting Kdr. III./JG 52 (to 28.05.44). 01.05.44 Lt., 9./JG 52 promo to Oblt. /A1.
12.06.44 Oblt., 9./JG 52. 02.07.44 Oblt., awarded Schwerter, Staka 9./JG 52 25.08.44 Oblt.,
awarded Brillanten, Staka 9./JG 52. 01.09.44 promo to Hptm. 27.08.44 Oblt., 9./JG 52. 09.44
furloughed and got married. 01.10.44 appt Staka 4./JG 52 (or 7./JG 52?). 10.44 appt Stafü 7./JG 52
and acting Kdr. III./JG 52. 27.10.44 Hptm., 7./JG 52. 22.11.44 Hptm., 7./JG 52. c.11.44 assigned to
Erprobungskdo. 262? 05.12.44 Hptm., 7./JG 52. 16.01.45 Hptm., appt acting Kdr. II./JG 52 (to
31.01.45). 01.02.45 appt acting Kdr. I./JG 53 (to 15.02.45). 16.02.45 Hptm., appt Kdr. I./JG 52 (to
08.05.45). 04.45 promo to Maj. c.08.05.45 surrendered to an American armored unit. 24.05.45
handed over to the Soviets. (n.d.) after capture, passed through a succession of camps, then at
Michailowka near Gorki, was charged with "war crimes" and sentenced to 25 years labor. 08.45 to
"Moorlager Kirov" to dig peat (to 10.45). 10.45 to "KGF - Lager Grjasowez" (to 10.47). 10.47 to
"KGF - Lager Tscherepowez" (to 10.49). 10.49 to "KGF - Lager Iwanowka" (1. sentence) (to 12.49).
12.49 to "GPU - Gefängnis Iwanowo" (to 05.50). 05.50 to "KZ - Lager Schachty" (2. sentence) (to
11.50). 11.50 to "GPU - Gefängnis Nowocherkask" (to 05.52). 05.52 to "KZ - Lager Asbest (to
11.52).11.52 to "KZ - Staflager Degtjarka" (to 08.54). 1953 sent to a labor camp in the Urals where
he was implicated an a labor strike and sentenced to another 25 years. 08.54 to "GPU - Gefängnis
Sverdlowsk" (to 10.54). 10.54 to "GPU - Gefängnis Nowotscherkassk" (to 10.55). 15.10.55 released
from Soviet captivity. 01.12.56 joined the Bundesluftwaffe as a Maj. and re-qualified as a pilot on
current types,training at Landesberg (Spring 1957), Fürstenfeldbruck (Summer 1957), Luke Air Force
Base/USA (Fall 1957). 01.58 with Waffenschule 10 in Oldenburg. 01.59 appt Kommodore JG 71 at
Ahlhorn. 12.12.60 promo to Obstlt. 01.63 appt Inspizient der Jagdflieger (to 09.70). 30.09.70
retired as an Oberst. Subsequently flew as a flight instructor privately until stopped by heart
problems. †20.09.93 in Weil. Credited with 352 air victories in at least 1,428 combat missions (early
biographies use a figure of 825). Hartmann was the highest scoring fighter pilot of World War II and
of all time. For further reading see: Hartmann, Ursula; Manfred Jäger. Der Jagdflieger Erich
Hartmann (Stuttgart: Motorbuch Verlag, 1978). ISBN: 3-87943-514-6.



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German

HARTMANN, Erich. (DOB: 19.04.22 in Weissach/Württemberg).



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