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Hans-Ulrich Rudel (2 July 1916 – 18 December 1982) was a German ground-attack pilot during World War II and a post-war neo-Nazi activist.. 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 519 tanks, one battleship, one cruiser, 70 landing craft and 150 artillery ...
Her sinking is commonly credited to the Stuka pilot Oberleutnant Hans-Ulrich Rudel of III./StG 2, but Rudel dropped only one of the two bombs. [19] The rear part of the ship was later refloated and she was used as a floating battery although all of her 120 mm guns were removed.
One pilot, Hans-Ulrich Rudel sank the battleship Marat. [114] [115] In the same action, the commanding officer of III./StG 2, Ernst-Siegfried Steen was killed when he was shot down attacking the Soviet cruiser Kirov. Steen crashed alongside the ship and his bomb detonated damaging the vessel. [115]
The concept was rather rudimentary, suffered from poor accuracy, severe weight penalty making the craft vulnerable to fighters, and low ammunition capacity; but could be extremely effective when operated by a sufficiently skilled and practised ground-attack pilot, such as Hans-Ulrich Rudel in his BK 3,7 armed Junkers Ju 87G.
The Junkers Ju 87, popularly known as the "Stuka", [b] is a German dive bomber and ground-attack aircraft.Designed by Hermann Pohlmann, it first flew in 1935.The Ju 87 made its combat debut in 1937 with the Luftwaffe's Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939 and served the Axis in World War II from beginning to end (1939–1945).
A Soviet pilot who served under A. I. Pokryshkin, reported that the entire 4th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (4 GvIAP) secretly converted to P-63s in 1944. [ citation needed ] Stuka pilot Hans Rudel stated in his memoirs that, over the Courland pocket , in early 1945, he and other German pilots had often encountered "American types of ...
Additionally, Rudel is clear in his autobiography of the War ("Stuka Pilot"), that he did disobey Hitler toward the end. See footnote 24 (this page). It appears he was the only winner of the Golden Oak leaves, though of the literal award itself 6 were made, one of which was awarded to Rudel roughly on Jan. 1, 1945.
Rudel was the most highly decorated German soldier of WW2, maybe comparable to the Audie Murphy. In comparison, the Rudel article does not tell us where and how Rudel was trained, when he was promoted, in what engagements he fought, his impact on the German propaganda. I find that a shortcoming. MisterBee1966 12:10, 23 November 2024 (UTC)