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    Gerhard "Gerd" Barkhorn (20 March 1919 – 11 January 1983) was a German military aviator who was a renowned wing commander in the Luftwaffe during World...
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    Gerhard "Gerd" Barkhorn (20 March 1919 – 11 January 1983) was a German military aviator and wing commander in the Luftwaffe during World War II. As a...
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  • 1944, Hartmann, Gerhard Barkhorn, Walter Krupinski and Johannes Wiese were summoned to Adolf Hitler's Berghof in Berchtesgaden. Barkhorn was to be honoured...
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    the third most successful fighter pilot in aviation history, behind Gerhard Barkhorn, who is second, and Erich Hartmann, who is first. Rall was born in...
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    Luftwaffe, Stigler became an instructor pilot. One of his students was Gerhard Barkhorn, who went on to down over 300 planes in combat. Stigler himself flew...
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    of the top three scoring flying aces of all time, Erich Hartmann, Gerhard Barkhorn and Günther Rall. In 1935, the Ministry of Aviation designed an air...
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  • regent of Denmark Gerhard Barkhorn (1919–1983), German World War II flying ace Gerhard Berger (born 1959), Austrian racing driver Gerhard Boldt (1918–1981)...
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    the latest U.S.-supplied hardware. These included Erich Hartmann, Gerhard Barkhorn, Günther Rall and Johannes Steinhoff. Steinhoff became commander-in-chief...
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  • (2014). Das vergessene As — Der Jagdflieger Gerhard Barkhorn [The Forgotten Ace — The Fighter Pilot Gerhard Barkhorn] (in German and English). Bad Zwischenahn...
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    In consequence, command of 4. Staffel was handed to Oberleutnant Gerhard Barkhorn. In Jesau, the Gruppe received many factory new Bf 109 F-4 aircraft...
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    Jagdgeschwader 52, flying alongside the likes of Johannes Steinhoff and Gerhard Barkhorn. He wrote off four aircraft as a result of operations during this period...
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    dinner for Arthur Harris. In January 1983, he attended the funeral of Gerhard Barkhorn and his wife Christl, who had died in a traffic accident. In early...
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  • ever with 300 victories, achieved coincident with Double-ace in a day Gerhard Barkhorn  Germany Luftwaffe 301 Günther Rall  Germany Luftwaffe 275 Otto Kittel...
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  • Oak Leaves and Swords, Bundesluftwaffe general, and 176-victory ace Gerhard Barkhorn, holder of the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords, and second-highest-scoring...
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  • for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference. January 11 Gerhard Barkhorn, German World War II fighter ace (b. 1919) Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian...
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  • Major General (Gruppenführer) of the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich Gerhard Barkhorn (1919–1983), second-highest-ranking Luftwaffe fighter ace (301 victories)...
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    further 24 victories increasing his total to 124. On 2 August, Hauptmann Gerhard Homuth, the commander of I. Gruppe was wounded in combat. In consequence...
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  • Messerschmitt Bf 109 E. At Merseburg, Krupinski met and befriended Gerhard Barkhorn and Willi Nemitz. On 13 May 1940, for his service he was awarded the...
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  • Yoshiaki Banno 1952 1991 39 years Japanese astronomer and co-discover car Gerhard Barkhorn 1919 1983 63 years German World War II Luftwaffe fighter ace car Cologne...
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    Saiful Azam Abbas Babaei Douglas Bader Heinrich Bär Francesco Baracca Gerhard Barkhorn Antonio Bautista George Beurling George Beurling Billy Bishop Oswald...
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    pilots achieved very high scores, such as Erich Hartmann (352 kills) or Gerhard Barkhorn (301 kills). There were 107 German pilots with more than 100 kills...
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    Germany: Struve-Druck. ISBN 978-3-923457-29-8. Prien, Jochen; Stemmer, Gerhard; Rodeike, Peter; Bock, Winfried (2003a). Die Jagdfliegerverbände der Deutschen...
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  • Tariki, Saudi politician and government official (d. 1997) March 20 – Gerhard Barkhorn, German World War II fighter ace (d. 1983) March 24 – Lawrence Ferlinghetti...
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  • 2013) 1918 – Bernd Alois Zimmermann, German composer (d. 1970) 1919 – Gerhard Barkhorn, German fighter ace (d. 1983) 1920 – Pamela Harriman, English-American...
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  • Netherlands Navy, crashes into the ocean off of Scotland. 13 October Colonel Gerhard Barkhorn of the West German Air Force, assigned to Erprobungskommando (Operational...
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    (second lieutenant) on 1 August 1939. His classmates at Gatow included Gerhard Barkhorn and Julius Meimberg. Mayer was selected for specialized fighter pilot...
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    who had temporarily led the Gruppe after its former commander Major Gerhard Barkhorn had been transferred. Command of III. Gruppe was then passed on to...
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    after downing Mölders. Layrargues may have been shot down by Oberleutnant Gerhard Homuth from 3. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 27 (JG 27). Accounts regarding...
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    Douglas Bader, Robert Stanford Tuck, Günther Rall, Erich Hartmann, Gerhard Barkhorn, Adolf Galland and Walter Scheel. On the return flight to Colombia...
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    Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-08-3. Prien, Jochen; Stemmer, Gerhard; Rodeike, Peter; Bock, Winfried (2006). Die Jagdfliegerverbände der Deutschen...
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