Barkhorn flew primarily on the Eastern Front and often flew alongside Hartmann, contributing to the dominance of German pilots in air combat. His skill lay in disciplined teamwork and strategic ...

October 1942. A lone Messerschmitt Bf 109 screams across the Russian sky, fuel gauge plunging toward empty. Inside the cockpit, 20-year-old Erich Hartmann sweats as Soviet tracers blaze past his ...