Great German Aces of WWII

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This is a tribute I made to the great German fighter pilots of WWII. These pilots are all big names in what I like to call "The Book of Aces". These pilots did incredible things that no one even today has ever surpassed, including their tactics and Victories. My Favorite pilots are at the end, pilots like Gerhard Barkhorn, Walter Nowotny, Hermann Graf, Anton Hafner, Erich Hartmann, Günther Lützow and my all time favorite pilot Adolf Galland.
I am not a Nazi or a Fascist and I do not in any way support any forms of Nazism or Fascism.
I only created this video for the great men who served their country well, created new tactics for Arial warfare, training and who had a passion to fly planes and in having that passion joined the air force to fulfill their dreams of flying.
I found an interview with Adolf Galland at this site, I suggest you read it, it's very interesting. http://www.tarrif.net/wwii/interviews/adolf_galland.htm
There are many more interviews with WWII veterans from both sides of the war there, it has more than interviews, like the aircraft and vehicles used during the war and so on, if it has to do with WWII it's there, it's just a huge WWII Technical Database, so check them out as well. http://www.tarrif.net/
I will be makeing another video for "Great Aces of WWII", the next will be "Great Canadian Aces of WWII"
Please Post Your Comments!!!
For people who would like to know the name of the song in the video, it is called "Luftwaffe March" from the movie "Battle of Britain".

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my friend,there ... ( 7 months ago by luismarinaperu)

my friend,there were a lot of gentlemen in the LUFTWAFFE,my own uncle flew STUKAS against the RUSSIANS,and he had the manners of an ANCIENT EUROPEAN COUNT

very nice ... ( 7 months ago by DerTreb)

very nice compilation of the best fighter pilots of WW2.
Marseille is my favourite. Most of them just had a natural flair for flying, really remarkable.

Nice video ( 6 months ago by kokotenecum)

Nice video

SECOND TO NONE! 88 ( 6 months ago by stuka33)

SECOND TO NONE! 88

Well, I do not know ... ( 6 months ago by KrautGoesWild)

Well, I do not know about the swimming trunks, but I do know that Galland had an ashtray installed in his Me-109s cockpit.

I was fortunate ... ( 6 months ago by Bonzforall)

I was fortunate enough to meet Adolph Galland at a seminar, "The Battle of Britain, 40 Years Later" and obtain his signature. What a gentleman he was! He, along with Bob Stanford-Tuck and several others, agave vivid accounts of the actual flying, the things both good and bad with their aircraft and tactics, and so forth. Sadly, most all of these men are gone but their memories will survive. Best regards,
TrapperP

the bigges hero of ... ( 6 months ago by draculapw)

the bigges hero of ww2 to me is the british pilot that lost both of his legs and still flew his spitfire without them! true honour and bravery!

First rate job! ... ( 6 months ago by superhive)

First rate job! Great video, wonderful music. The Nazis were horrible, but these men served their nation as best they could, asking only to do their duty.

That Adolf Galland ... ( 6 months ago by GermanOperaSinger)

That Adolf Galland flew in his trunks is a rumor, I have also heard that he was the only pilot to wear his real diamonds (to his Ritterkreutz) into battle because he said he would never be killed in action. By the way this tribute is great but I felt you should have included the night fighter aces like Schnaufer, Lent, von Wittgenstein, etc.

very good that, ... ( 6 months ago by dilfax)

very good that, lots of air kills there.

Erich Hartmann ... ( 6 months ago by rigavaldis11)

Erich Hartmann meine Liebe

Thought it was just ... ( 5 months ago by Luminahawke)

Thought it was just 1 leg? I do remember when he was shot down and captured the Germans respected him enough to ask the British to ship over his leg(legs) as he couldn't use them in his plane, so when captured he couldn't walk at all.

@drakulapw: heard ... ( 5 months ago by Krebsie1488)

@drakulapw: heard something abount hans-ulrich rudel?

Isnt it crazy?? one ... ( 4 months ago by SchwarzundWeis)

Isnt it crazy?? one man like Hartmann shooting down over 300 planes. (this doesnt mean 300 kills, alot of pilots survived, ex: battle of britian, a british piolet was shot down 6 times!!)
we really had good fighters... too bad we didnt have any morally correct leaders... just fucking nazis.... (not all of em, like von Staufenberg who tried to kill hitler)

Excellent video. ... ( 4 months ago by bigal1940)

Excellent video. Indeed they were great pilots
and they could go home after 25 missions or 100 sorties. They flew from the beginning to
the end of the war with no break other than a
brief furlough now and then. I was stationed
in Germany with USAF 4yrs,learned the lingo, and met var wermacht and luftwaffe personnel.
A very good tour of duty there. Lots of history. Read Galland's book "Stuka Pilot"
killed many T-34 tanks w/ 37mm cannons mounted under the wings on Eastern front.

What about when ... ( 4 months ago by jdoernte)

What about when Galland was flying over to Priller's B-day party and decided to "nip over" to England on the way, and shot down 2 Spitfires. He had Champaign and Lobsters in the Fuselage! He landed at the party with Drink, good eats and two new kills!!!
what a pilot!

Great vid. And nice ... ( 4 months ago by Quokka57)

Great vid. And nice to see brave men get honoured for what they did under their Country's flag. Right, or wrong. Pilots have a deep respect for others that excel in their field. Again, right or wrong, these guys did what they did in the name of their country. At times far outnumbered. At times with inferior equipment. But they never gave up. Swap the Swastika for the USofA or British 'roundel', and you would call them hero's. They did what they did because they believed. End of story....

damn! the numbers ... ( 2 months ago by zx12ryder)

damn! the numbers of aerial victories these guys one was awesome. You dont here about these guys much....only about the US aces and some of its allies. Makes you think.

i agree, i HATE war ... ( 2 months ago by lemonite1)

i agree, i HATE war. it is the worst side of humans. i hate the causes and effects of war and those responsible.
But, for some reason, I admire the fighter pilots. something chivalrous? history tells us not all the time. skill? definately, yet history tells us luck plays a huge part. man and machine? ask Saburo Sakai the same question. the romantic notion of defying both gravity and bullets? i think......

any of them alive? ( 2 months ago by cessnaoneeightytwo)

any of them alive?

Victories not Kills ... ( 2 months ago by Luminahawke)

Victories not Kills. Some odd reason the term kills has taken over the term Victories. I like Air Combat Victories more than just saying the short word, "Kills" it doesn't mean you killed the pilot, only that you shot down the plane.

If you all really ... ( 2 months ago by sauron808)

If you all really want to know about the experten of the luftwaffe.. read the book by Osprey - JG 52 - The experten!!
Osprey has a great introduction about how to measure a combat units effectiveness..
The book claims the Russians lost over 45,000 planes in WW2. This unit shot down over 10,000 planes. The pilots in this unit - alot of them are in this great video. Hartman, etc...
If you do any research on this unit my respect for the units combat effectiveness goes up another notch.

They did what they ... ( 2 months ago by chuchofreeman)

They did what they did cause' that was their job. And they where the best, and they're still heroes, no matter what "insignia" was on their planes.

Most of them ... ( 1 month ago by marklavar)

Most of them survived the war, but I don't believe any are still alive now.

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