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It is true that Erich Hartmann was very good with his guns and leading enemy aircraft while he fired. However, he was fighting mostly Soviet aircraft accounting for 345 of his 352 kills, of those, 260 were fighter aircraft. The Soviet pilots flew inferior aircraft with painted on gun sites that were not very accurate. Hartmann flew most of his victories piloting the Messerschmitt BF 109 w/ the MG 151 cannon, which is a superior aircraft compared to Soviet aircraft of the time. Fighting the Soviets did give him extrememly valuable flight time and experience. So he was much more experienced than many of the pilots out there by the time he engaged the American's for the first time. ...
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Pardon me sir, but isn't that a bit rude. If I were a Pilot,I would have rather wished my successors to be more capable than me so that the tradition of excellence lives on. Somethings are more important than records, I wish every coming pilot to be better than the best pilot like you.I was, I am and Inshallah will always remain the best fighter Pilot the PAF ever produced.
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It is very heart breaking, when I see you the PAF jocks discuss the Ace Pilots of the world and forget about your own. Our PAF history is so distorted that some of you dont even know the names of Pilots, whoes deeds made PAF famous all over the world. I for one shot 4 (four) enemy aircraft in one combat sortie over Dacca with hundreds of ground witnesses, yet I see some of you looking for the right Shamsul Haq. That is me, now known as SHAMS CHOHAAN. Add the SJ. I now live in USA schohaan@yahoo.com. For once correct the History. And be proud of some of us that fought the forgotten war. On the other hand any pilot could have done what the now famous M.M.Alam did ( no big deal, peace of cake).
I was, I am and Inshallah will always remain the best fighter Pilot the PAF ever produced.
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I am the real Shams, i now live in Oklahoma USA i changed my name to Shams a.chohaan ( from Mohammad Shamsul Haq ) 40 years and our records are still confusing. You are all invited to contact me either here or at schohaan@yahoo. Com to verify any misquotes in the blogs, which seem plenty.
I was, I am and Inshallah will always remain the best fighter Pilot the PAF ever produced.
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