![]() ![]() ![]() Until his death at the age of 66, he remained a staunch supporter of the Nazi philosophy. The Western Powers have accepted a grave responsibility perhaps for centuries to come by weakening Germany only to give additional strength to Russia. He spent the last years of his life in South America, writing books, helping those who had been accused of war crime and intermittingly returning to Germany to keep his German citizenship alive. He returned to duty around 45 days after it was smashed by an enemy shell. The 20-year-old Silesian pastor’s son, Ulrich Rudel began his pilot training for the German Luftwaffe in 1936. Ruden was so dedicated to Hitler’s cause that even an amputated leg could not come in the way. He was credited with flying 2,530 ground-attack missions, destroying more than 800 vehicles, including one Soviet battleship, 519 tanks, 70 landing crafts and 150 artillery emplacements. Stuka Pilot Autobiography of World War Two Luftwaffe pilot Hans Ulrich Rudel, the most highly decorated German serviceman of WW2, and the only one to be. He fought mostly on the eastern front, helping Germany to fight Soviet Union. ![]() ![]() He was born to a clergy man during the First World War, joined Hitler’s youth wing at the age of 17, became a Stuka pilot at 25 and rose to the rank of colonel by 28. Hans-Ulrich Rudel was Nazi Germany’s most decorated ground-attack pilot, who was the sole recipient of Knight's Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds from Hitler. ![]()
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