Flames Of War: Oberst Hans-Ulrich Rudel
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Flames Of War
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Hans-Ulrich Rudel was born on 2 July 1916. In late 1936, he joined the Luftwaffe as a cadet. During basic training, he had difficulty learning fighter piloting techniques and was eventually listed as unsuitable for aerial combat missions. In 1939, he was transferred to a reconnaissance unit and began his wartime career observing and taking pictures of enemy positions during the invasion of Poland.
In 1940, his numerous applications to be transferred to the dive-bombers were finally approved and he was then stationed in Caen, France during the Battle of Britain. A frustrated Rudel spent the entire battle assigned to a non-combat role. He then moved to the Mediterranean theatre where he once again sat on the sidelines during the battle of Crete.Scale 1:144
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