Interesting article about Top Gun - Page 2

Morts · 03-25-09, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Max2147

But even when they were over enemy lines the Luftwaffe was generally not very far from friendly territory. It wasn't like the American bomber escort missions where they had hundreds of miles and a body of water between them and friendly territory.

Pretty much every one of the top German aces crashed or was shot down around a dozen times.

i think a dozen is maybe a little over the top. but how many missions did the german aces fly compared to the british/americans aces ?

03-25-09, 01:22 PM

Hartmann had 1.404 missions under his butt when the war finished and he only really got into action in 42. Take this into perspective to 25 or 100 mission sorties.

Dowly · 03-25-09, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Morts

i think a dozen is maybe a little over the top.

There is quite a few aces who were shot down 5+ times, IIRC the most for one pilot was 13-14 or something like that.

03-25-09, 01:22 PM	#17
Bewolf Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Hartmann had 1.404 missions under his butt when the war finished and he only really got into action in 42. Take this into perspective to 25 or 100 mission sorties.