Grossniklaus hans-ulrich rudel biography

The most decorated German pilot of the war and the only recipient of the Knight's Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds , Rudel was credited with the destruction of tanks, one battleship , one cruiser , 70 landing craft and artillery emplacements. He claimed nine aerial victories and the destruction of more than vehicles.

He flew 2, ground-attack missions exclusively on the Eastern Front , usually flying the Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka" dive bomber. Rudel surrendered to US forces in and immigrated to Argentina. He worked as an arms dealer to several right-wing regimes in South America, for which he was placed under observation by the US Central Intelligence Agency.

In the West German federal election of , Rudel was the top candidate for the far-right German Reich Party but was not elected. He was the third child of Lutheran minister Johannes Rudel. He joined the Hitler Youth in As an air observer, Rudel flew on long-range reconnaissance missions over Poland. In early , he underwent training as a Stuka pilot.

It caused the explosion of the forward magazine which demolished the superstructure and the forward part of the hull. Rudel's gunner from October was Erwin Hentschel, who served with Rudel for the next two and a half years, both men earning the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during that period.

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Hentschel completed 1, sorties with Rudel. In early , Rudel got married while home on leave. The footage from an onboard gun camera was used in Die Deutsche Wochenschau , a Reich Ministry of Propaganda newsreel. Rudel participated in the Battle of Kursk with the same unit.