Whilst not one of the 300+ kill club, this guy is definitely a big name if you are a student of Luftwaffe history.Īnyhow, as always, please keep your ideas and feedback coming, I promise that all posts are read and considered. I won't tell you exactly who, but here's some info which will hopefully keep a few WT German fighter aces optimistic: next planned ace is German, single seat fighter pilot, scored over 100 kills.
So, the next Ace: I've written the bio and started research on the skin of the next Ace. I know this will come as a big disappointment to some people, but there's nothing that can be done so I suggest we concentrate on what we CAN do rather than get upset about what isn't allowed. Whilst Erich Hartmann is also a popular choice from the community, the current plans are not to include him also. We've already mentioned that Hans-Ulrich Rudel will not be detailed at any point in this feature. The main policy is to only publish the nation of the next Ace, but as the German fans have been waiting patiently for so long, I figured you deserved a little bit more information than normal and hopefully I won't get in too much trouble for giving out a couple of extra bits of info: Well, alas, plans can always change and this one could, too. "So what?" I hear you ask "you said that last month!" I know the German question has been raised a few times, and whilst I can't promise anything, the good news is that the CURRENT plans are for the next Ace of the Month to be German.
Also there was the German officer who helped the pianist in the film of the same title.I thought I'd give a quick update on a few Ace of the Month ideas. Marseille reminds me of Oskar Schindler the only German buried in Israel for helping Jewish people in the Second World War. Hans-Joachim Marseille’s record of 151 kills in North Africa where nothing short of staggering, he destroyed allied (RAF,SAAF, and RAAF) squadrons shooting down one hundred and one Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk/Kittyhawk fighters, 30 Hawker Hurricane fighters, 16 supermarine spitfire fighters, two Martin A-30 Baltimore bombers, one Bristol Blenheim bomber, and one Martin Maryland bomber. The following on their unique bond comes from “Herman fighter Ace-Hans-Joachim Marseille, the life story of the “Star of Africa” by Franz Kurowksi “Through few odd twists of fate” Hans had Mathew assigned to his personal assistant but he treated him in every way like a friend, having long talks with him and possibly even sharing alcohol and listening to music together, hanging out like a couple of friends who happened to be in a war and on different sides. Marseille knew that as his kill score grew, the chance of him being pulled from the front lines increased everyday and if he was to be taken away, cpl ‘Mathias’ Letulu, who because he was a black man, might be in danger given the nazi racial philosophy with utmost seriousness, he had his fellow pilot Ludwig Franzisket promise to become Mathias’ protector should Marseille lose the capability to be in that role. On Wednesday 1st July 1942 Marseille travelled to Rastenburg to receive the knights cross of the iron cross with oak leaves and swords from Adolf Hitler. This is Hauptmann (captain) Hans-Joachim Marseille, the German WW2 fighter ace known to the axis forces as “the star of Africa” on the extreme left and corporal Mathew “Mathias” Letulu, a South African prisoner of war who was pressed into becoming his ‘batman’ (personal assistant to an officer) in 1942 but eventually became his close friend, is seen on the extreme right of the photograph. This is an extraordinary featured photograph for a variety of reasons. Mychal Moultry 4 years old BLACK LIVES LOSTĬREDO MUTWA’S EXPLAN… on Credo Mutwa’s explanation of e….