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Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant) Adolf &quot;Addi&quot; Glunz (1918-2002). He shot down 71 enemy planes (under which only 3 on the eastern front) including 19 four-engined bombers. 15 further aerial victories remained unconfirmed. Glunz was never shot down and has never been wounded on his 574 missions. He was once wounded though during an RAF bombing raid on Abbeville in April 1942 when he was taking a shower and he was hit by glass pieces from a broken window. Holder of the Knight's Cross with oakleaves.

Oberleutnant Adolf &quot;Addi&quot; Glunz

Major Erich Hartmann (1922-1993) was the most successful fighter pilot of all times. He shot down 352 (345 russian, 7 american) enemy planes on 1425 missions. As the 18th german soldier decorated with the Knight's cross with oakleaves, swords and brilliants. Because it was obvious how the russians would treat him, at the end of the war he was ordered to surrender to british forces, the rest of this unit would have to surrender to the russians. Hartmann refused to leave his comrades alone and was held as a prisoner in Siberia/Russia until october 1955. After he returned home he joines the Bundeswehr and made it colonel. After retiring at the age of 48 he worked as a flight instructor. Watching the photo it seems clear why Erich Hartmann was nicknamed &quot;Bubi&quot; (milksop) by his comrades.