Blood Red Skies - Messerschmitt Bf 109G Ace: Erich Hartmann - Warlord Games

Name: Blood Red Skies - Messerschmitt Bf 109G Ace: Erich Hartmann - Warlord Games
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Blood Red Skies - Messerschmitt Bf 109G Ace: Erich Hartmann - Warlord Games\nErich Alfred Hartmann (19 April 1922 \u2013 20 September 1993) was the most successful fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare. He was credited with 352 Allied aircraft downed - of which 350 were Soviet and 2 American over the course of WW2. This was despite 16 separate instances of being forced to crash land his fighter - either due to mechanical failure or to damage incurred from the debris of enemy aircraft he himself had shot down. Prior to the War he was a glider pilot, but joined the Luftwaffe in 1940 and had completed his training by 1942. Posted to Jagdgeschwader 52, a veteran wing on the Eastern front, he benefitted from the supervision of some of the Luftwaffe's most experienced pilots, flying the Messerschmitt BF109G. As his reputation developed he gained the nickname Cherniy Chort (\""Black Devil\""), both because of his skill and his aircraft's paint scheme. Hartmann was greatly decorated fory