The first ace to reach a certain score

[knusel]

I've found an interesting discussion about the most successful living ace at given periods of time. This is worth a look:
http://forum.balsi.de/index.php?topic=6981.0

Cheers,

Michael

[knusel]

Good afternoon Gentlmen,

three late first scores by Erich Hartmann are still unclear to me:
346 (??.03.1945): what was the exact date ?
347 (16.03.1945): what did he shoot down ?
352 (08.05.1945): did he fly a Bf109G or a Bf109K ?

Michael

[HGabor]

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

[knusel]

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]

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]

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

[HGabor]

I do not know.
Gabor