Ernst Udet (26 April 1896 – 17 November 1941) was a German pilot during World War I and a Luftwaffe Colonel-General (Generaloberst) during World War II...
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Diessl, Leni Riefenstahl, Sepp Rist, Gibson Gowland, Rod La Rocque, and Ernst Udet. The film was written by Tom Reed based on a story by Arnold Fanck and...
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Tom Campbell Black (section The Ernst Udet rescue)
Ernst Udet, German War Ace, in the desert wastes of the treacherous Nile country three years ago." A reference to this act is found in Ernst Udet's Ace...
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directed by Arnold Fanck and starring Leni Riefenstahl, Sepp Rist and Ernst Udet. The film is part of the German film genre of "mountaineering", popularized...
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Pabst and starring Leni Riefenstahl, Gustav Diessl, Ernst Petersen, and World War I pilot Ernst Udet. Written by Fanck and Ladislaus Vajda, the film is...
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English-speaking films as Curt Jurgens. He was well known for playing Ernst Udet in Des Teufels General. His English-language roles include James Bond...
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Protestant theologian Ernst Udet, (1896-1941), German flying ace Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg, Austrian writer and traveller Ernst van de Wetering, Dutch...
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a cross country flight and aerobatics in a Focke-Wulf Fw 44. In 1937, Ernst Udet gave Reitsch the honorary title of Flugkapitän after she had successfully...
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endurance, the aircraft failed to impress high-ranking Nazi officials such as Ernst Udet and Erhard Milch, who attended a demonstration flight. Heinkel subsequently...
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War II. It was named after Ernst Udet, an important figure in the development of the Luftwaffe, in 1942. Jagdschwader 3 "Udet" was formed on 1 May 1939...
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invited to join the club: Ernst Udet, the highest-scoring German flying ace to survive World War I. Known as a fun-loving playboy, Udet performed aerobatics...
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"Simon" Shöster Otto Brauneck Hermann Göring Carl-August von Schoenebeck Ernst Udet Carlos Meyer Baldó [es] Richard Wenzl[better source needed] On 26 July...
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recruited Hans Kirchstein and Fritz Friedrichs from two-seater units, and Ernst Udet from Jasta 37. Poor weather in early 1918 saw little opportunity for JG...
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became leaders of their own squadrons. Ernst Udet belonged to Richthofen's group and later became Generaloberst Udet. When Lothar joined, the German high...
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he received orders to return to Berlin to attend the state funeral of Ernst Udet, a Luftwaffe general and World War I flying ace. The aircraft in which...
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Commander Werner von Fritsch, fighter ace Werner Mölders, Luftwaffe commander Ernst Udet, Munitions Minister Fritz Todt, Reichsprotector of Bohemia and Moravia...
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acquaintance, which later developed to a friendship, with the aviator Ernst Udet, a deputy of Hermann Göring under Germany's Luftwaffe. Schmeisser had...
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prototype made its maiden flight in early 1934; Chief of the Technical Office Ernst Udet personally flew the aircraft, during which the competing Heinkel He 51...
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Victor Tchmal Reinhold Tiling Ferenc Tóth Sean D. Tucker Nick Turvey Ernst Udet Gabor Varga Juan Velarde Frank Versteegh Pavel Vlasov Patty Wagstaff Kermit...
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military aviation, since it produced aces such as Manfred von Richthofen, Ernst Udet, Oswald Boelcke, and Max Immelmann. After the defeat of Germany, the service...
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given a good evaluation and "exhibited very good flying characteristics". Ernst Udet took an immediate liking to the concept of dive-bombing after flying the...
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designed and built the He 100. On 6 June 1938, the He 100 V3, flown by Ernst Udet, captured the record with a speed of 634.7 km/h (394.4 mph). On 30 March...
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30 aircraft through his company, which also included a flight school. Ernst Udet, the second-highest scoring German flying ace of World War I (after Manfred...
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Frankl, Erich Löwenhardt, Manfred von Richthofen, Karl Emil Schäfer, Ernst Udet, and Kurt Wolff, and Austro-Hungarians like Godwin von Brumowski. It was...
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superior and led some to believe that pinpoint accuracy was possible. Ernst Udet became a vocal supporter of this concept. In the case of an aircraft attacking...
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especially after the June 1936 death of Walter Wever and the succession of Ernst Udet. The focus and role of the Luftwaffe became one of ground support for...
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Luftwaffe. His experiences in pin-point ground assaults were used by Ernst Udet, a proponent of the dive bomber and leading supporter of the Junkers Ju...
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(1889–1941) July 19, 1940 – Hans-Jürgen Stumpff (1889–1968) July 19, 1940 – Ernst Udet (1896–1941) July 19, 1940 – Hubert Weise (1885–1944) July 19, 1940 – Alfred...
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before the start of World War II, following the advice of Kesselring, Ernst Udet and Erhard Milch. Milch wanted the project cancelled simply because at...
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was killed in a plane crash near Dresden, on his way to the funeral of Ernst Udet. Royal Order of the Crown IV. Class Iron Cross (1914) II. and I. Class...
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