Messerschmitt Me-109 pilot The Erich Alfred "Bubi" Hartmann

[@Eugensdiet]

I hold Erich Hartmann in the highest regard and it is a shame that someone would attempt to censor this. He will always be the Ace of Aces.

[@deuschlan]

Just love the fly bye at the end!!!!

[@Plawranc]

A man fighting for his country no matter the side is a hero in my mind However that does not extend to terrorists Fantastic video saluting my Aviation hero

[@Eurofighter19]

I share the same name with this ace pilot, a legend in aerial warfare history. he was on the enemy side but who cares, he was a hell of a pilot.

[@rredhawk]

My favorite account of Hartman is how he regularly made mincemeat of the USSR's so-called "flying tank" (Il2 Stormovik) by flying low, close, and underneath the Il2, downing that plane by shooting just a few rounds into its giant oil radiator. Coming in underneath also allowed him to avoid contact with the Il2's rear gunner. The rest of the Il2 was so heavilly protected that it was very difficult to shoot down any other way.

[@marykmusic]

My father was a wingman in an F-84E and was shot down in North Korea. I have a song about it. This is fascinating! I am enjoying the comments and learning some history I didn't know.

[@StukaStefan]

Danke dafür, aber ich hab es schon mehrfach gelesen und du hast jetzt es ist ein gutes Buch. IL2 bin ich auch lange zeit online geflogen (auch sehr erfolgreich), nun fehlt mir nur die Zeit dafür.

[@ackmino]

the ME-109 looks and sounds wicked!

[@Realtoltek]

Nice music ;).Happy new Year ! :P

[@zgvbun]

Stunning compilation! Great pictures & explanation! Great change of music!! Great war hero!!! Just outstanding... @cupwithhandles Yes, it's the exactly the BF-109, often this aircraft is called by the public ME-109 for "Messerschmitt AG", the manufacturer, but thats wrong, the correct name is "Messerschmitt Bf-109"...

[@Sicklehead88]

i read that enemy fighters oftenly tried to flee when they saw hartmann's plane. so what he did was, he handed his plane with the unique colourings on the nose to his wing man for example as a protection for him (his wing men).

[@blakey66]

the greatest fighter ace of all time.molders scored 52 victories in the battle of britain it would be frighting to know what erich hartman would have 62,72, or 100 .

[@bettershooter]

The real Aerial Knight, he could just fly away for himself after war was over but chose to evacuate with his staff, what the character he has, present my personal salute to this "Forever Ace". (All the Me-109 Ace are slim guy, because the cockpit is tiny.)

[@Gilmaris]

This was even more true in WWI, when at least in the early years of the war it was not uncommon for pilots to land near a downed enemy to offer whatever assistance they could. Though you certainly had merciless killers back then as well. Where 'Bubi' Hartmann is concerned, he seems to have been a jovial and down to earth character. But more than that, he never lost a wingman in 1456 missions. And that, I think, is admirable.

[@Mujabar]

That was one tight cockpit.

[@walperstyle]

Its amazing how many people have no idea who Erich Hartmann is. His genius angle of attack was not matched by anyone.

[@thresher4]

I find that song (march)very majestic. I like it.

[@rampking1]

petevas1, you are correct.... Hartmann almost always closed to point-blank range before he opened fire. As a result you would have the concentrated firepower of all three guns mounted within and on top of the engine scoring hits within the same exact area on the enemy aircraft.

[@Diemerstein]

No, he was never shot down, as someone mentioned , he wanted to use as little as possible ammunition wise, and wanted to make sure he got the kill the first time, by getting very close, as he once said, don't fire until the enemy fill the window. He was forced to land, or bail, because of the parts falling off the enemy planes. He was without a doubt, the best fighter pilot the world ever saw. In one mission, he downed 3 P-51D's with his ME109 without any help.

[@pigmanobvious]

Hartmanns record will stand forever. What he suffered in the war and after is the price he paid for immortality.

[@N70er]

Erich Hartmann was the greatest fighter pilot that has or will ever live. BUT, he was shot down by enemy fire, many times. Twice in one day as a matter of fact. He always stayed close to the front so when he was shot down he could easily make it back to safety. His true story is really amazing.. He fought the Russians by the way, very rarely ever met an American. In fact, he led his squadron to fly their -109's to land at an allied base and surrender to the Americans when the war was over.

[@barbenH]

No doubt the best of the best, A true warrior, his weapon of choice : ME109. RIP

[@Nightmaresins]

I was wondering what was the title of that grim dark music playing around 1:13?

[@thresher4]

Great thanks,one more question what is that charecter after u in the first word,what is the english equivlant.

[@bettershooter]

Any one knows what this background music is ? I like it, where to get a copy ?

[@jetaddicted]

from what i've read,only about 160 of his victories could be proven factually it takes nothing from his ability,courage and will. just a mighty great pilot heinz bar was another one,and the finn lentomestari einno juutilainen,and the japanese saburo sakai,and so many others... just coming out alive from an air to air combat is already an accomplishment great respect to these guys,whichever side they were on

[@tfilemyr]

As has been said before, the odds of being an Ace are almost unimaginable, much less 352 without a loss. Assuming on any given day you might meet an opponent in combat of equal skill (and luck), statistically it is like flipping a coin 352 times and having it come up heads... every single time!

[@flyinbiker2001]

i also read his book the blond knight of ger.and in the 60s spoke to Galland and i think Rall and a few others (Brits) during the filming of the battle of britain thay were Tech advisores Rob

[@NickinFilm]

Sorry by Me-109 was the term used by the RAF pilots in their log books during WW2, to describe BF-109s. Me (short for Messershmidt). For this reason it is now one of the most common ways to refer to the plane. As with anything, history tends to be written by the victors.

[@volodyyy]

Wernher von Braun , a German rocket physicist and astronautics engineer, became one of the leading figures in the development of rocket technology in Germany and then captured and brought to the U.S. to put a man obn the moon

[@NeedDateNao]

nice choice of clips, pictures, and songs. Whats the name of the second song? I hear it alot but I've always wondered the name of it

[@packr72]

@kokofisher the luftwaffe was not completely useless until they ran out of fuel at the end of the war, the reason why the allied airforces prevailed because they were fighting a war of atrition against 2 enemies that could out produce them in aircraft, the 109s shot down over 7000 planes in ww2

[@TRschwarzesonne]

@NeoUstasa nice video :) what is the second song dude ?)

[@SpeedyNeutrino43]

I'm sure some of the German aces were very good pilots, however the main reason behind their large total kills is that when they enlisted, they were there for the duration and didn't get rotated back home after a set number of missions. American Aces were generally sent back home as instructors. The main plight of the Luftwaffe in the later stages of the war was a severe shortage of skilled, well trained pilots. Their aircraft production actually peaked in 1944 at 35,046 airplanes.

[@000000AEA000000]

very well explained.

[@thresher4]

I read many books about him.What is the name of the first song ?

[@PrinzEugn]

I've read it, it's a good book, although it suffers from a little hero-worship. Basically, he was a very good pilot who used excellent tactics. He did his best to avoid dogfighting (which meant a relatively even fight) and instead opted for fast hit-and-run attacks. Shooting planes from their blind spot then bugging out wasn't very knightly, IMO, but you can't argue with the results.

[@kokofisher]

@Bondfanxever Find me a few German aces from the western front. German pilots were initially a lot better trained than their Soviet counterparts. What you described about how Allies dont have aces was due to difference in tactics. Experienced allied pilots (US/UK/Canadian) were sent back home to train new recruits, while experienced German pilots were sent over and over again until killed. Why do you think the Luftwaffle by 1944 was completely useless?

[@DerMeister2007]

Awesome video 5***

[@Chrystoforoo]

He's the true and only king of the fighter pilots for ever!

[@JuergenGDB]

@gazpara No, He primarily fought soley on the Russian Front. JG 52 was based mainly on the Southern, Ukrainian and Central fronts. I beleive while in Romania he tallied a total of 8 P-51's shot down total.

[@lemonite1]

BF stands for Bayerisch Fluegzeugwerk out of Bavaria. ME stands for Messerschmitt. Messerschmitt designed the aircraft and BF manufactured it. The name was changed after the 'E' model to ME 109.

[@rredhawk]

OK, I read some other comments and remembered that Hartman like to get so close to enemy planes (like the IL2) in order to kill them that he was often damaged by parts from the planes he killed. Maybe this accounts for the number of times he was "downed".

[@SpeedyNeutrino43]

If you doubt the veracity of this, find the "Interview with Gunther Rall".....he sums up the difficulties of the Luftwaffe very convincingly.

[@493175001]

Bayerische Flugzeugwerke became Messerschmitt AG in 1938 so 109s from the E model onwards could be called ME as well.

[@JuergenGDB]

@photog455 Say can you tell me where you found that he was shot down 13 times? I cant find this info. thanks.

[@tully5111helmets]

totally agree my friend.

[@LordMurgen]

Was he the best pilot, Impossible to say. The most successful. Undeniably YES! Lets be honest though, he was facing questions pilots on the soviet side the majority of his career. That helps his record a lot.

[@rredhawk]

I never realized he encountered Americans but this makes sense when one remembers USAAF shuttle bombing missions late in the war would've made Hartman's encounter with US pilots inevitable even on the Eastern front where he fought.

[@Dilgerovich]

!Maestro!!!

[@JuergenGDB]

@photog455 no worries mate! He was no doubt an extraordinary pilot. Some could say that he was fortunate against extreme odds with Angels protecting him. I dont think we will ever see a time like that ever again.

[@DonMeaker]

Chuck Yeager was about the same age. and crashed a NF-104 after many flights in standard F-104s. You are right, the combination of starvation and lapse in flying while a POW didn't do his skills any good.

[@axellegrand7777]

respect for heros even those on the wrong side

[@snakebyte14]

i read somewhere he had a heart painted on the side of his aircraft in which his fiancee's name was written(something beggining with u, Ulich ithink..Ulich or something like that..)

[@hogiesanKenobi]

Most of Hartmanns kills were fighters and Sturmovik,s - the flying tank was difficult to shoot down .Hartmann shot into the Oil cooler under the nose - from the 6 - the target "filling the wind screen " He shot down 5 P-51 when briefly transfered to Romania

[@JuergenGDB]

@GurungAkm Can you tell me what book you collected this info from? In an interview Erich stated he never was shot down, but that his plane was hit by debri. Just would like to get that straight for the record.... Although Soviet records have already been found to be mostly exagerated and false.

[@Dustylee428]

overall great video...however wheres Hartmann's "Black Tulip?"

[@DonMeaker]

Actually, it was not around before Einstein. The thing that Hartmann was most proud of was this: He never lost a wingman.

[@BugMagnet]

I aprechiate your ranking, but mines are Rommel (due to his brilliant way of planing and timing); Guderian (because he inventent the tank combat taktik that is still in use and was an excellent commander on the eastern front) and Hans Ulrich Rudel(because his motto: youre only lost if you give up on yourself. And because he was just an awsome pilot and crashed his stuka several times to prevent his comrades from being imprisoned.

[@IR_IE_ID]

he was shot dow 16 times !!!! this is the best pilot of all time

[@render422]

It was a red heart broken by an arrow, painted his girlfriend and then was adopted by his squad. Below heart had an inscription which read "Karaja" (the groom).

[@NewYorkComedian]

@hogiesanKenobi He claims he was never shot down by fire from an enemy aircraft, that he only crashed from the debris of the aircraft he shot down or mechanical failure.

[@Chuckworth_F7]

yes i know that just because the allies called them Me-109's does not mean that is the correct designation though when said Me sounds a little shorter than BF.

[@finalmind]

THe Super Ace!

[@Skter91]

Ive have read the book from erich Hartmann... its called in German Holt Hartman vom himmel

[@Plawranc]

This man is my hero

[@KotobKotob]

i will fly this someday...

[@tully5111helmets]

well said.

[@thresher4]

Found out about that charecter on the Prussian Glory,its the equivalent if 2 ss's.

[@StukaStefan]

where you got your information FalkeEins ????

[@manumensa]

Giacomo Agostini won 122 motorcycle Grand Prix confirmed 100%. But never we will know really Hartman victories. War is not a sport event, war is propaganda countries, lies and trues, a lot of kills and little love stories... Thank you for post, I enjoy this videos like a teenager.

[@hildegard1488]

@andy316161 You can see both of my granfathers in my vid called imàgen pura=pure image, there are only two photos , the rest of the pics are not mine they were sent by other comrades to make the vid.

[@brettrink]

You are thinking of the V-1 buzz bomb. The V-2 was a guided rocket and very advanced for its day.

[@MrPetem75]

@pudransemarikas bud anderson 16 1/2 victories.has flown p51 all the way to the f 15 In aerial combat it did not matter to me which type of enemy fighter I encountered. I felt that the Mustang could out perform both the ME109 and the FW190 and treated them pretty much the same. The FW190 had an air cooled radial engine and could probably take a little more damage than the liquid cooled ME109. you can point out someone i will too calling me names doesnt make you right

[@Mistelpfeil]

I read his biography and there it was said that Hartmann had to emergency land for 14 times at all. Furthermore it is to say that he fought in the sowjet union and most of his scores he made with light bombers whích had no change against the agile me 109. The best american fighter had a score of hmm..about 60 or 70. Hartmanns fighter unit shot down over 11.000 planes at all....several fighter legends were in this sqadron... Great man who fought for an evil regime...

[@pyllywaltteri]

I heard somewhere that he was shot down few times

[@n3711l]

he was never brought down by enemy fire- he never lost a wingman-once his wingman was shotdown , Hartman landed, found a jeep and went out looking for him - and found him, many good fighterpilots lost 3 or more wingman , but not Hartman

[@jdoernte]

It was Patton that pissed in the Rhine.

[@barbenH]

Graf and Hartmann were initially ordered to surender to the British sector,by General Seidemann how ever he could not leave his men.Surrendered to the 90th Infantry Division, who gave them over to the Russians,Harsley treated.

[@highpointdad2006]

Hartmann was no doubt very good at air combat. As for the number of his victories, I wonder how many of those were no match for a 109, like canvas and wood biplanes transporting mail, with no guns to defend themselves. I've heard that such kills are the main factor in many of these high numbers for German aces with hundreds of kills.

[@mrford70]

"One thing I learned is this: Never allow yourself to hate a people because of the actions of a few. Hatred and bigotry destroyed my nation, and millions died." "I would hope that most people did not hate Germans because of the Nazis, or Americans because of slaves. Never hate, it only eats you alive. Keep an open mind and always look for the good in people. You may be surprised at what you find." Erich Hartmann - last interveiw

[@janborrowitz]

very nice plane

[@xairman565]

@DjChaos667 If you did some research, you would know that the Bf and Me designations were both used for a lot of the same aircraft built by Bayerische Flugzeugwerke, and later when Willy Messerschmitt acquired the company. Besides, there's no e in Hartmann.....

[@ivomaxdj]

long live germany . . . hy from Croatia

[@JuergenGDB]

True to that...

[@Tellgryn]

fishb3d Being a historian, first never turst Soviet reports of any kind. Just like the total deaths in the Soviet Army in WWII, the number given is to low. As Glantz and I have talked about, when they (the Russian) started to count the dead by card index it was much higher than the total given.

[@somasekhar957]

ace of aces

[@katzejaeger]

Hertmann was actually shot down a few times. Even captured once.

[@JornAnderzen]

I am born the day after this death(21 septhember 1993). I find that quite interesting :)

[@brettrink]

The mathematical equation that ushered in the atomic age was discovered by an unknown Italian dilettante two years before Albert Einstein used it in developing the theory of relativity. Olinto De Pretto, an industrialist from Vicenza, published the equation E=mc2 in a scientific magazine, Atte, in 1903. There are lots of unsung scientists in world, Tesla being a very good example. Never losing a wingman is indeed something to be truly proud of.

[@chicagolugan]

Did you say the name is "Prussian Glory"?

[@highpointdad2006]

I'd love to read "Blond Knight of Germany" I'd find it very interesting. I'm I to understand that Hartmann's "hundreds" of kills were not padded lop-sided contests ? He didn't rack up many of his numbers by downing the equivalent of airborne horse carts ? It was mostly done against an even match ? Hundreds of times ? I know a kill is a kill. Was Hartmann dozens of times better than Yeager ?

[@laux9999]

Thats wrong, he never was shot down by an enemy airplane. He run out of fuel at his first sortie. Later he got damaged by pieces of an IL2 which broke away as he shot it down and forced him to land.

[@Convict147]

He didn't get shot down. When he fired on a Russian plane the aircrafts falling warts damaged his plane and he had to land... He NEVER got shot down by enemy fire.

[@DonMeaker]

Yet this airman couldn't handle the F-104. It is a puzzlement.

[@ivar1972]

nice film but the bf 109 shown is not the same as hartmann's he served in jg52 that had a black and red shield with a winged sword in the middel.

[@Scorpac]

did he fly a Messerschmitt BF-109 G-6 ?

[@flyinbiker2001]

hartmann was shot down 11 times in combat i talked with him in the 70s Rob

[@DerMeister2007]

Bayerische Flugzeugwerke ;) it was merged with Messerschmitt AG in 1938 and then all "Bf" aircraft were designated "Me".

[@Sicklehead88]

if there's a german version of the book, i think i'm gonna read it, if not then it's probably too expensive to buy one. but my father has hundrets of books about ww2 aviation and i think at least 2 about erich hartmann. didn't hartmann also got captured once, but managed to escape back to germany and flew again? i think i heard that once.