Photo from the 1960's: Walter &quot;Graf Pinski&quot; Krupinski (1920-2000; 197 aerial victories), Erich &quot;Bubi&quot; Hartmann (1922-1993; 352), Johannes &quot;Mäcky&quot; Steinhoff (1913-1994; 176) and Günther Rall (1918-2009; 275).

Luftwaffe aces in the Bundeswehr

Family of fighters of the RAF's Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. You can access the site at http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/. You will see all the magnificent color photos that have been previously posted as &quot;RAF BBMF ...&quot; in full size and higher resolution and many other pictures as well. It's worth a visit.

RAF BBMF's Family of fighters

Aware of Thorne impressive wartime record, former OSS chief W.B. Donovan personally interceded to get him U.S. residency and permission to enlist in the U.S. Army. Soon Thorne was commissioned a second liutenant at Ft. Bragg and sent to Europe with the 10th SFG. A winter operations expert, Thorne led in 1963 a Special Forces mission to recover bodies from an aircraft crash high on an Iranian glacier (picture above). Posted by skorzeny57.