Eric Hartmann and the G14

[faminz]

Just reading this thread I remembered I had some profiles of Hartman and a few other aces so I thought Id post them here if anyone wants them...

No G14 of course but hey... nice pics anyway...

btw this one is quoted as being the nearest to the actual colours.

[faminz]

and...

[faminz]

and finally...

[mipoikel]

In the post war "new" German Air Force
Col. Erich Hartmann
did not command a squadron but a whole wing, the Jagdgeschwader 71 "Richthofen", JG71R (i.a. consisting of two fighter squadrons, 711 and 712, at that time).

These were the aircraft of JG71R in the 60ies at Ahlhorn airbase, nothern Germany
Canadair Sabre Mk.6:

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The markings on this particular aircraft, the JA-112 was common in the 1960s. "J" indicated 7th letter in the aplphabet, ommitting A and I and the "A" the 1. So you had the 12th aircraft of 1 squadron 112 of the 71 wing. The Tuli markings were Hartmannīs personal touch. He acted against all sorts of regulations doing so.

@ Treize96
 
Negative, in 1956, when the new Armed Forces of Germany were still at the drawing board, he underwent intensive jet training in the USofA before he became Commander of JG71R. During that training he broke all US-Jet Training Command Air to Air gunnery records.

PS.: During a "Tigermeet"
at Ahlhorn airbase, to which all NATO-squadrons were invited, which had a "Tiger" in the squadron crest, all the visiting aircraft had the "JG71R"-Tulip Markings the next morning after the beer call.

According to "the blond knight of germany" he did flew a couple testflights in a Me262. (chapter 15) Some evidence can be found also "between the lines" from the same book.

[VansCrew1]

RULES


 

[1pLUs44]

EDIT - What is that hideous thing above? Is that the P39?

Remember this, Pokryshkin made the 109 look like crud toe to toe against a P39!

[33Vortex]

VansCrew you clown, go start a P51 thread. 

This one is for...

...only.

[VansCrew1]

 

[33Vortex]

VansCrew, your posts are bad taste and disrespectful.

Not the treats of a fighter pilot.

[33Vortex]

Remember this, Pokryshkin made the 109 look like crud toe to toe against a P39!

The ACE factor. 

They were few.

[1pLUs44]

The ACE factor. 

They were few.

Yea