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Luftwaffe pilot Erich Hartmann changed history. In just one day, he downed 11 Soviet planes - cementing his place as the most lethal fighter ace of all time. This video retells the intense dogfights ...
He notched a mind-boggling 352 kills while operating with the Luftwaffe on World War ... Boyington's place in the pantheon of famous fighter pilots. World War II produced no shortage of airborne ...
Overall, Bodenplatte cost the Allies about 250 aircraft and 150 damaged planes, but the Luftwaffe came away almost as poorly, partly because experienced (and not hungover) Allied fighter pilots ...
Galland, a decorated pilot who brought down 103 Allied aircraft, and served as the top general overseeing Luftwaffe fighter aircraft until he was relieved of command in 1945. Another signed work ...
The mission of the fighter pilots flying the He 51’s ... radio equipment and designated the He 51C-2. Many leading pilots of the Luftwaffe would sharpen their skills and techniques flying ...
The United States wasn’t the first country to develop a jet-powered fighter aircraft, but it was definitely the first in which a pilot flew ... to decimate the German Luftwaffe on the Eastern ...
Also in the Middle East, the 1973 Battle of El Mansoura, between Egypt and Israel, lasted just under an hour and involved up ...
At the time, this was the Luftwaffe's favourite pick-me-up for ... when it was taken by the majority of fighter pilots involved in the initial bombardments on Iraqi forces in Kuwait.