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Anonymous commented at 2019-08-07 19:25:24 » #2419796
The closest Fokker D.VII to the viewer is that of Ernst Udet, the highest scoring German fighter pilot to survive World War One, and the second-highest scoring after Manfred von Richthofen (The Red Baron), his commander in the Flying Circus; Udet rose to become a squadron commander under Richthofen, and later under Hermann Göring.
Later on, he became involved in the early development of the Luftwaffe, where he was appointed director of research and development.
However, in 1941, because of the launch of Operation Barbarossa, combined with issues with the Luftwaffe's needs for equipment outstripping Germany's production capacity and increasingly poor relations with Göring, Erhard Milch, the Nazi Party in general, caused Udet to commit suicide on 17 November 1941 by putting a bullet in his head.
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The closest Fokker D.VII to the viewer is that of Ernst Udet, the highest scoring German fighter pilot to survive World War One, and the second-highest scoring after Manfred von Richthofen (The Red Baron), his commander in the Flying Circus; Udet rose to become a squadron commander under Richthofen, and later under Hermann Göring.
Later on, he became involved in the early development of the Luftwaffe, where he was appointed director of research and development.
However, in 1941, because of the launch of Operation Barbarossa, combined with issues with the Luftwaffe's needs for equipment outstripping Germany's production capacity and increasingly poor relations with Göring, Erhard Milch, the Nazi Party in general, caused Udet to commit suicide on 17 November 1941 by putting a bullet in his head.
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