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Hartmann was released late due numerous reasons one which
he had an advisory role on early stages of Korean conflict
while meeting his old WWII counterparts Kojedub and Pokrishkin .

In the early stage of his captivity and due to what the Germans
caused in Russia he along with other gone through very hard times
however after 1951 his captivity conditions were substantially
improved, while little known about it, even Konrad Adenauer
plegded for his release through Walter Ulbricht with a substantial
financial compensation package which landed on Chrustchev's table.

When I met him in 1990 he even claimed that thanks to his
numerous visits at Monino early 50's where elite Soviets were
trained air combat doctrine the Soviets achieved air superiority
in Korea . While very hard to verify such claims ,I fully believe that
unlike other Luftwaffe pilots he had no choice but do this in order
to save his skin .

Alex K