While serving in Germany’s Luftwaffe in World War II, Erich Hartmann flew more than 1,400 missions in the Messerschmitt Bf 109, enabling him to score an astonishing 352 kills. How did Hartmann get so ...
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 ...
In 1944, Luftwaffe ace Erich Hartmann etched his name into aviation history by downing an incredible 11 enemy fighters in a single day. Known as the highest scoring ace in the history of air combat, ...