Ace of Aces: Erich Hartmann the Blond Knight of Germany
Journal: Open Journal of Social Sciences
Year: 2020

History has seen numerous great aviators and specifically ace fighter pilots. None of them, however, comes close to the exceptionally gifted Erich Hartmann who served mainly on the Eastern Front during World War II. He was the top scoring fighter pilot of all the fighters in World War 2. He flew a staggering 825 missions in recording 352 victories (See Annexure 1). All the victories were recorded on the Eastern Front. “The Black Devil” as Hartmann was known, holds a record that has never been br