Please help, destroyers cant be sunk.

[Deep-Six]

And he was also a Nazi. (seriously)

[Iron Budokan]

I have no doubt he was a great pilot but weren't some of these numbers for the Nazi aces inflated by their propaganda machine? Just wondering what the historical accuracy is behind these particular numbers...?

[Hartmann]

The huge number of ground targets is very possible.

Stuka is a plane designed for ground attack and ruddel use a special gun with armor piercing rounds

[Hans-Ulrich Rudel]

As far as my research tell me, Hans-Ulrich Rudel was never a card carrying member of the Nazi party. I could be wrong. One thing is certain he was not a criminal. Some historians believe that the Knights cross with golden oak leaves, swords and diamonds is the equivalent to 3 Victoria Cross’s and two Medals of Honour’s combined. Some say he was a typical Nazi officer.

See http://members.aol.com/ab763/rudel.htm

A note for my Israeli friends: Rudel's story is presented here because of his military exploits, and for no other reason. I do not seek to glorify or apologize for the atrocious crimes committed by the German political leadership against Europe's Jews and other religious and ethnic minorities from 1933-45. Hans Ulrich Rudel was not a member of the Nazi party, participated in no war crimes, did not go into hiding after the war, and was never even accused of any such activities by any organization or Nazi-hunter, including the Shin Bet.

Achievements:

According to official Luftwaffe figures in total, Rudel flew some 2,530 combat missions (a world record), during which he destroyed almost 2,000 ground targets (among them 519 tanks, 70 assault craft/landing boats, 150 self-propelled guns, 4 armoured trains and 800 other vehicles; as well as 9 planes (2 Il-2's and 7 fighters). He also sank a battleship, two cruisers and a destroyer. He was shot down or forced to land 32 times (several times behind enemy lines) but always managed to escape capture despite a 100,000 ruble bounty placed on his head by Stalin himself. He was also wounded five times and rescued six stranded aircrew from enemy territory. The vast majority of his missions were spent piloting the various models of the Junkers Ju 87, though by the end of the war he flew the ground-attack variant of the Fw 190.

He went on to become the most decorated serviceman of all the fighting arms of the German armed forces (the only person to become more highly decorated was Hermann Goering who was awarded the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross), earning by early 1945 the Wound Badge in Gold, the German Cross in Gold, the Pilots and Observer's Badge with Diamonds, the Close Combat Clasp with 2000 sorties in Diamonds, and the only holder of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds (the highest ace of World War II Erich Hartmann also held the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds — but not in gold). He was also promoted to Oberst at this time.[3] He was the only foreigner to be honored with Hungary`s highest decoration, the Golden Medal for Bravery.

Any way guys the only reason I use his name, is for the fun of it.