Points, including a new question:
1. The question is:
"In World War II the German Air Force (
Luftwaffe) had hundreds of fighter pilots who racked up kill scores that were far, far beyond anything from kill scores achieved in World War I, and which will never be approached again. As well, the
Luftwaffe fighter pilots achieved kill scores far, far in advance of totals even remotely approached by Allied (Russian, British, American, French, etc.) fighter pilots.
The Allies--even the Russians, who were not quite as strict as the other Allies--let their fighter pilots rack up a few dozen confirmed aerial victories, and then pulled them out of combat as too valuable to risk death or capture. The high scoring Allied fighter pilots spent the rest of the war selling war bonds, as propaganda tools, training other fighter pilots, or if they were really lucky they were put in command of a combat unit, but were absolutely forbidden to fly combat missions.
Not so the Germans (and their allies the Japanese). They flew combat sorties until the war ended, they were wounded, mutilated, and could fly no more......or they were simply killed. That was their fate. This became known as the "fly till you die" policy. There was never any retirement from aerial combat for the Germans and Japanese. As such their skills in aerial combat were superlative and unsurpassed by the vast majority of Allied pilots they faced. Often the Germans and Japanese were not killed by shooting down at the hands of a better Allied pilot, often they died because of the long odds against them.....once too many times they faced huge odds.....and died or were wounded badly.
With all that in mind.....the highest scoring fighter pilot of all time was a man named Erich Hartmann. Erich Hartmann flew his entire combat career on the Russian Front facing the Soviets. There were a handful of times he faced, and shot down, Americans (all were P-51 Mustangs).....however, that only happened as the German airspace became so small near war's end and Russians & Americans were shooting each other down, too. Hartmann entered combat in October 1942 and by war's end had
352 confirmed kills.
Erich Hartmann spent his entire combat career flying one, and only one, series of German fighters. Which series was it?
A--
Focke-Wulf Ta-152
Hohenjager (High Altitude Fighter).
B--
Focke-Wulf Fw-190
Wurger (Butcher Bird).
C--
Messerschmitt Me-110
Zerstorer (Destroyer) night fighter versions all armed with the
Schrage Musik (Organ Music/Jazz Music) gun system.
D--
Messerschmitt Me-109 series, from the F/
Franz, G/
Gustav, to the K/
Kurfurst.
E--
Messerschmitt Me-262
Schwalbe (Swallow).
F--
Messerschmitt Me163
Komet (Comet).
G--
Junkers Ju-88 solid nosed, heavy day--fighters.
H--
Heinkel He-219
Uhu (Owl)."
2. Everyone said the Me-109 series. Everyone.
Was it that easy??
The *Gang Of Seven* all said that. Musclecar1975, Mr.Electric, Intrigued1, Black Rider, Texanvfg, L8T, and FSW all agreed.
*Gang Of Seven* rides 3. And the answer is........(Insert drumroll sound here)........D--
Messerschmitt Me-109 series, from the F/
Franz, G/
Gustav, to the K/
Kurfurst.
Erich Hartmann spent his entire combat career on the Eastern Front flying
Messerschmitt Me-109 aircraft of the three main sub--types listed above, the Fs, Gs, and K model. Flying these planes he shot down 352 confirmed kills. Heh......epic.
4. The new question. Short and sweet.
NO CHEATING. 
You either know it or you don't.
Who said, "GOD is on the side of the big battalions."
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Subject: Re: "Militaria Makes The World Go-Round." 
Sat Oct 31, 2009 2:10 pm
(Even Llamas have feelings!!!)
(I'm a nerdy geek) 
toward finding a really, really hard question.
Don't sit it out. 
