Ernst Udet on Freeview 38 Quest now

[Simpo Two]

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ETA: Scratch that, they seem mostly interested in his suicide.

Edited by Simpo Two on Thursday 24th November 16:52

[jmorgan]

Name rings a bell from tomes read in the past. Not going to google, was he to do with tactics for WWII but a pilot from WWI?

Seen to remember a drawing of him in a bi plane with a wine glass as a sign off on letters written to friends.

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

jmorgan said:

was he to do with tactics for WWII but a pilot from WWI?

Second highest scoring German Fighter pilot of WWI.

During WWII he was Director-General of Equipment for the Luftwaffe and instrumental in the Luftwaffe's love affair with the Dive-Bomber.

[Eric Mc]

And hated his job to the extent that he took his own life in 1941.

[Simpo Two]

Quite a few clips on Youtube such as: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz4J8f6pkIk

In 1936, when a famous aerobatic pilot, he inspired a certain Eric Brown by taking him for a flight in a Bucker Jungmann.