Kampfzerstorer!!: Literally "Battle Destroyer" or Heavy Fighter, but basically a multi-purpose aircraft combining the roles or heavy fighter, reconnaissance and ground attack.
Ju87 of course flown by the "Greatest Combat Pilot of all Time"<by far>.
Shot down some 32 times? ..................Lived!
"He flew
2,530 combat missions claiming a total of
2,000 targets destroyed including 800 vehicles, 519 tanks, 150 artillery pieces, a destroyer, two cruisers, one Soviet battleship, 70 landing craft, 4 armored trains, several bridges and 9 aircraft which he shot down.
According to official Luftwaffe figures, Rudel flew some 2,530 combat missions (a world record). He was
never shot down by another pilot, only by anti-aircraft artillery. He was shot down or forced to land 32 times, several times behind enemy lines, and was wounded a total of 5 times"
No Contest,
The neutered 109F was the best and most fun.
