On his flights he is credited for destroying 519 tanks, 70 amphibious warfare ships, more than 800 motorized vehicles, Battleship Marat, a cruiser, a destroyer, four armored trains, bridges, and over 150 artillery locations. His flying career turned out to be exceptional. During the war, He flew 2,530 ground-attack missions exclusively on the Eastern Front. After graduating with Abitur in 1936, he participated in the compulsory Reich Labour Service (RAD).įollowing the labor service, Rudel joined the Luftwaffe in the same year, 1936, and began his military career as an air reconnaissance pilot. Rudel was born as a son of a priest in Konradswaldau, Prussia, Germany (modern day Kondratów in Poland). Post-war, he was a neo-Nazi activist in Latin America and West Germany. Hans-Ulrich Rudel was the most famous Stuka pilot in Luftwaffe, and is considered to be one of the most prominent fighter pilots of WW II, during which he flew a world record number of flights, 2,530.
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