Erich Hartmann-World War 2 Ace

[cheddar cheese]

lanc, you could have just ended that with "i know very little......"

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

but that would be a untruth............

 

[cheddar cheese]

More evidence you know very little, that should say 'an untruth'.

 

[GT]

Update.

 

[ace7861]

i have his kill stats--- all 352 of them its insane

 

[Hunter368]

i have his kill stats--- all 352 of them its insane

Old thread but ok.

What is the source of them? All I have read is that some of his pilot logs were lost including the details on his kills. Please post source.

 

[ace7861]

Aces of the Luftwaffe - Erich Hartmann it has his kills and some other info

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Yeah but what pb is saying is because his logs were lost in the Soviet Union (and probably wont ever be recovered.) We will never really know.

 

[Konigstiger205]

Great story and nice post!

 

[Hunter368]

Yeah but what pb is saying is because his logs were lost in the Soviet Union (and probably wont ever be recovered.) We will never really know.

Did you mean Hunter?

 

[Erich]

Petr Kacha's site who I have helped in the past is using what he has, look at his 1945 findings for one......................totally a shambles and no where even close to completeness the JG 52 records are somewhat void even with Nikko Fast's huge volumes, we can only suspect, there may have been more confirmed or even less confirmed to Hartmann's score and his kameraden than we will ever know, same for Ost front kills by JG 51 and 54 and other Ost front LW units.

 

[Hunter368]

Agreed, thanks Erich.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Did you mean Hunter?

Ooops sorry about that!

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Petr Kacha's site who I have helped in the past is using what he has, look at his 1945 findings for one......................totally a shambles and no where even close to completeness the JG 52 records are somewhat void even with Nikko Fast's huge volumes, we can only suspect, there may have been more confirmed or even less confirmed to Hartmann's score and his kameraden than we will ever know, same for Ost front kills by JG 51 and 54 and other Ost front LW units.

Agreed and thanks as well.

 

[ace7861]

its still a damn good story

 

[Hunter368]

Ooops sorry about that!

Thats ok its not the first time people here have confused Pb and me. We are both Canadians but I am wayyyyyyyyy better looking.



Just kidding Pb. 8)

 

[Ghostdancer]

May I recommend the book The Blond Knight of Germany which is about Erich Hartmann; excellent book, I read it years ago. It can be ordered from Amazon.com.

Erich Hartmann had a good career after being released from prison by the Russians. He headed the new post war Luftwaffe and later became the president of Germany's Lufthansa Airlines.

 

[lesofprimus]

No seriously Hunter, u ARE waaaaayyy better looking than that airdale puke...

 

[Hunter368]

No seriously Hunter, u ARE waaaaayyy better looking than that airdale puke...

8) 8)