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11-11-2010 | 10:01 PM

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RE: But who was the greatest aerial warrior?

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ORIGINAL: wingspar

None of your examples.

I think it would have to be Hans Rudel.

Rudel flew 2,530 combat missions claiming a total of 2,000 targets destroyed; including 800 vehicles, 519 tanks, 150 artillery pieces, a destroyer, two cruisers, one Soviet battleship (the Marat), 70 landing craft, 4 armored trains, several bridges and nine aircraft which he shot down.

All in an outdated Stuka

Dave

I would have to agree. But also honorable mention should go to Hans- Joachim Marseille JG 27 North Afrika. 115 victories I think. All his victories were against more comparable Hurricanes, P-40s to his BF 109F4, not outdated Polikarpovs and junk like that as in the Russian theatre.

Steve

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