Gerhard Barkhorn: German Knight on the Russian Front, by Don …
Only battle wounds kept Gerhard Barkhorn, with 301 victories history’s second-ranked fighter pilot, from becoming the all-time ace of aces. By Don Hollway Shortly after dawn on May 31, 1944, near Huşi, Romania, Gerhard Barkhorn downs the first of …
Gerhard Barkhorn: Final Approach, by Don Hollway
2021年6月6日 · With his starboard engine flamed out, 301-victory ace Maj. Gerhard Barkhorn flees for home: the Jagdverband 44 airbase, Munich-Reim. Just as a 15th Air Force P-51 Mustang arrives to shoot him down, one of JV44’s protective “long-nose” FW-190D fighters, its distinctive underside paint scheme identifying it to German flak crews, intervenes.
Don Hollway: German Knight over the Russian Front
A decision by the U.S. Army Air Corps to delete the prototype’s turbo-supercharger from the production version relegated the P-39 to a sidebar in aviation history. When the Airacobra found its niche, however, it proved a formidable foe for the …
Gerhard Barkhorn: Knights of the Iron Cross, by Don Hollway
Rall and Barkhorn are already experten with more than 100 kills each; young Hartmann is not yet even an ace. By war’s end these three, all survivors, will pull personal triumph from national defeat. They remain the top three fighter aces of all time.
Gerhard Barkhorn: Try, Try Again, by Don Hollway
The Allies’ loss, however, is the Luftwaffe’s gain. From this humble start, “Gerd” Barkhorn will become the second-highest-scoring fighter pilot of all time, with 301 victories and the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords.