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 ...

Messerschmitt Bf 109G-10/U4 ... Again at least at the time of these photos, it was painted in the markings of Erich Hartmann ...

Erich Alfred Hartmann was a German fighter pilot during World War II and the most successful fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare. He flew 1,404 combat missions and was credited with ...

Major Erich Hartmann would fly 1,404 operational sorties during WW2, engaging the enemy over 850 times and scoring 352 victories while crashing 16 times (but not as a result of being shot down!).