Long Island City, New York, 1969
Erich Hartmann
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Erich Hartmann
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Erich Hartmann
This is Erich Hartmann, the flying ace with the highest number of kills in history, timeline:
1922: He was born on 19 April 1922 in Weissach, near Württemberg.
1925: Given his father's difficulty in practicing medicine in Germany, the family moved to China.
1933: Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany.
1936: At fourteen he obtained his glider pilot's license.
1937: At the age of fifteen he became an instructor in the Hitler Youth.
1939: WWII began.
1940: He joined the Luftwaffe.
1940: He began military flight training in East Prussia.
1942: He went to Zerbst-Anhalt.
1942: He graduated as a lieutenant in March and later attended advanced air artillery school.
1942: He made his first mission.
1942: He carried out his first aerial shootdown, a Shturmovik IL-2,
1942: He was decorated with the Iron Cross second class.
1943: Gunther Rall appointed him commander of the 9th Squadron.
1943: He received the Iron Cross first class.
1943: He received the Luftwaffe honor cup.
1944: He achieved three hundred aerial victories.
1944: He received the Knight's Cross with oak leaves, swords and diamonds.
1944: He married Ursula Pätsch.
1944: He was the fourth pilot in history to reach 250 planes shot down
1945: flying on a Bf 109G-14 to locate Soviet forces, he spotted a Yak-11 or Yak-9 fighter, which was performing aerobatics, and shot it down. It was his last victory, number 352, and also the last of the Luftwaffe during the conflict
1945: World War II ended.
1949: During his imprisonment, he was accused by the Soviets of war crimes and sentenced to twenty-five years of forced labor on charges of "sabotaging the Soviet war effort".
1955: He was freed and repatriated.
1956: He joined the newly formed Luftwaffe.
1970: He took his leave.
1971-74: As a civilian he was a flight instructor in Hangelar, near Bonn, avoiding public appearances as much as possible.
1993: He died on September 20th.
1997: Russia acquitted him of war crimes charges.
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Sources:
Erich Hartmann's final interview
Wikipedia: Erich Hartmann
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