The first ace to reach a certain score - Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum

HGabor · #1 27th March 2023, 16:13

On May 8, 1945 Hartmann did not shoot down anything. Not sure about the model he flew though.
Gabor

knusel · #2 27th March 2023, 19:38

Xavier Méal wrote in 2015 quite clearly, that it was a Bf109K and the wording sounds as if Hartmann himself said that some time before (in an interview?)

HGabor · #3 27th March 2023, 20:40

Maybe. Anyways, the only planes that Hartmann destroyed on May 8, 1945 were the final Bf 109s of his unit. After landing he claimed his final 'victory' over a never existing Yak-9 and destroyed the remaining Bf 109s with his cannon on the ground in order to avoid Soviet capture of them.
Gabor

knusel · #4 28th March 2023, 14:01

Any idea what he believed to have shot down on 16.March?
Cheers,
Michael

HGabor · #5 28th March 2023, 14:16

I do not know.
Gabor

knusel · #6 28th March 2023, 15:33

It is the only one of the 352 with no suggesstion for the type.

HGabor · #7 28th March 2023, 16:25

Could be. But it is irrelevant, since most of Erich Hartmann's claims -even where the AC types are specified- are unreliable anyways.
Gabor

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