Branch: Luftwaffe
                    
Born: 19 April 1922 in Weissach, Württemberg, 
                    Germany.
                    
Died: 20 September 1993 Weil im Schönbuch, Germany.
                    
                    
Ranks:
                    Hauptmann 1 September 
                    1944
                    
Oberleutnant 1 July 1944
                    
Leutnant 31 March 1942
                    
                    
Decorations:
                    Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds 25 August 
                    1944
                    Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords 2 July 1944
                    Knights Cross with Oak Leaves 2 March 1944
                    Knights Cross 29 October 1943
                    
                    
Commands:
                    I./JG 52 
                    
                    JG 71 
                    
                    
Other: Personnel
                    Articles:
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    The first clip shows the Erich Hartmann piloting the Messerschmitt 
                    Bf 109.
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
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