Last German Top Gun - Only Living Luftwaffe Super Ace

[dexter]

The story of the last German WW2 'super ace', Knight's Cross holder Hugo Broch, who is 100 years old.

 

[Path-Finder]

These Germans Aces of WW2 were something else, their kill ratio blows anything the allies achieved out of the water.

 

[jamal18]

I saw the a WW2 film about US bomber pilots and was impressed by the fact that the crew had to fly 22 missions before they could claim leave.

Then I heard about the Luftwaffe fighter pilots who basically stayed on duty until they were killed.

Hence most of the surviving pilots were actually wounded and therefore retired.

 

[reflecthofgeismar]

The story of the last German WW2 'super ace', Knight's Cross holder Hugo Broch, who is 100 years old.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_flying_aces

"... 103 German fighter pilots each shot down 100 or more enemy aircraft, for a total of approximately 15,400 victories. ..."

List of World War II Panzer aces from Germany

The following list contains the German Panzer aces of World War II. The list is sorted by the number of armoured vehicles destroyed. World War II Panzer aces Https://www.joepfanning.com

military-history.fandom.com

https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Fritz_Christen (There were many soldiers of his calibre, first "Ritterkreuz" of 12. SS-PzD Hitlerjugend was awarded to a 17/18 years old who got his hand destroyed and still manned the sMG 34/42 and stopped allied infantry)