Hans Waldmann (fighter pilot), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German officer and fighter pilot during World War II
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Place of Birth: Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany
About Hans Waldmann (fighter pilot)
- Hans Peter Waldmann (24 September 1922 – 18 March 1945) was a German Luftwaffe (Air Force) fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.
- Waldmann received the award after he had shot down 85 enemy aircraft.
- In total, he was credited with 134 aerial victories accumulated in 527 combat missions. Born in Braunschweig, Waldmann volunteered for service in the Luftwaffe in 1940.
- After training at various pilot and fighter-pilot schools, he was posted to Jagdgeschwader 52 (JG 52—52nd Fighter Wing), operating on the Eastern Front, in August 1942.
- Here Waldmann fought in the aerial battles over Stalingrad, the Caucasus, the Black Sea, and the Crimea.
- He was credited with 84 aerial victories before briefly being transferred to the Western Front, where he was credited with one aerial victory.
- Back on the Eastern Front, Waldmann accumulated further victories, bringing his score to 125 victories by end of May 1944.
- He then fought in the skies over France after the Western Allied Invasion of Normandy, claiming seven aerial victories, before converting to the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter in late 1944.
- Flying the Me 262, Waldmann shot down two North American P-51 Mustangs on 22 February 1945 before being killed in a mid-air collision with one of his squadron members on 18 March 1945 near Schwarzenbek, Holstein.
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