Hajo Herrmann passed away

[ChrisS]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obit...-Herrmann.html

A Daily Telegraph reader friend of mine passed me this obituary.

The second to last sentence sums Hermann up for me. As my friend put it what a charmer..............

[Lars Roth]

Hajo Herrmann Ruhe in Frieden !

RIP

[Jan-Hendrik]

Originally Posted by ChrisS

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obit...-Herrmann.html

A Daily Telegraph reader friend of mine passed me this obituary.

The second to last sentence sums Hermann up for me. As my friend put it what a charmer..............

Thank you for this link.

http://www.hajo-herrmann.de/

Jan-Hendrik

[ChrisS]

Hello All

This blog by FalkeEins I think it is the best epitaph yet written on Hermann.

Please do read it, it's from one of our own Luftwaffe enthusiasts with a wealth of knowledge on JG300 and perhaps puts reality on Hermann's 'nice old gentleman' image.

Best Regards

Chris

[Jan-Hendrik]

To comment on this blog article....I dare not to say I saw Hajo Herrmann cry, but I saw the tears in his eyes when we visited the cemetary at Schwarmstedt....he did not spoke a word for at least 10 minutes...

Cheers

Jan-Hendrik

[FalkeEins]

Thanks for that J-H ..I'm assuming that was twenty years or so after the 'anecdote' I described. Perhaps even the hardest heart can be subdued to repentance and tears when faced with imminent mortality ...

[Jan-Hendrik]

It was 2006. And I was surprised that when I met him there that he was not one time that way other people told me before...arrogant, merciless, unapproachable...

He was a perfect gentlemen, invited us to table to have a coffee with him, talked very kindly with us 'younger stangers' (he was just 59 years olde than me that day!).

Best wishes

Jan-Hendrik