Erich Hartmann

Erich Alfred "Bubi" Hartmann (April 19, 1922 - September 20, 1993) was the most successful fighter ace in the history of aerial combat. He shot down 352 enemy aircraft of which 345 were Soviet, while serving with the Luftwaffe, Germany's air force, in World War II.

Reference

• The Blond Knight of Germany by Raymond F. Toliver and Trevor J. Constable, McGraw-Hill, 1986. ISBN 0830681892