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    Hans-Joachim Marseille (German pronunciation: [hans joˈaχɪm mɑrˈseɪ]; 13 December 1919 – 30 September 1942) was a German Luftwaffe fighter pilot and flying...
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    credits, Hansen's most notable roles include Der Stern von Afrika as Hans-Joachim Marseille, Jürgen Stroop in The Eagle Has Landed, and Generaloberst Alfred...
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    Hans-Joachim Marseille (German pronunciation: [hans joˈaχɪm mɑrˈseɪ]; 13 December 1919 – 30 September 1942) was a German Luftwaffe fighter pilot and flying...
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  • the Soviets, was to ignite fuel under the engine. In contrast to Hans-Joachim Marseille, who was a marksman and expert in the art of deflection shooting...
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  • Africa. Stahlschmidt was a close friend of the prominent ace Hans-Joachim Marseille. Hans-Arnold Stahlschmidt was born on 15 September 1920 in Kreuztal...
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  • Der Stern von Afrika (category Films scored by Hans-Martin Majewski)
    combat career of a World War II Luftwaffe fighter pilot Hans-Joachim Marseille. The film stars Joachim Hansen and Marianne Koch and was directed by Alfred...
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    was credited with 352 victories. The aircraft was also flown by Hans-Joachim Marseille, the highest-scoring ace in the North African campaign, who shot...
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    also befound in the cemetery. On September 30, 1942, Luftwaffe ace Hans-Joachim Marseille, who claimed an unrivaled total of 158 aircraft destroyed against...
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  • actor and presenter Hans-Joachim Marseille (1919–1942) German captain and fighter pilot, flying ace during the World War II Hans-Ulrich Rudel (1916–1982)...
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    so easy to pick off. The leading German expert in North Africa, Hans-Joachim Marseille, claimed as many as 101 P-40s during his career. From 26 May 1942...
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    Ljubljana airfield. During the mission an unknown Oberfähnrich pilot Hans-Joachim Marseille was hit by anti-aircraft artillery but returned to Graz. The action...
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  • Illinois, United States Marseilles, Ohio, United States Marseilles Township, Wyandot County, Ohio, United States Hans-Joachim Marseille, (1919–1942), German...
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    has been achieved by only five pilots, all from the Luftwaffe: Hans-Joachim Marseille shot down 17 Allied fighters in three sorties over North Africa...
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  • Motorsports, a NASCAR team Higman-Janko-McKay group, in group theory Hans-Joachim Marseille, German Fighter Ace This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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  • sights of the opposing pilots. As a counter measure to such circles, Hans-Joachim Marseille often dived at high speed into the middle of these defensive formations...
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    II. However three individuals never received a set of Diamonds. Hans-Joachim Marseille, the fourth recipient, was killed in an aircraft crash prior to...
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    highest scoring fighter ace against Western allied forces were Hans-Joachim Marseille (158 kills) and Heinz Bär (208 kills, of which 124 in the west)...
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    successful aces of World War II: Walter Nowotny (258 victories) and Hans-Joachim Marseille (158 victories). Their ability to repeatedly shoot down multiple...
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  • include books about fighter aces Hans-Joachim Marseille (under the title German Fighter Ace Hans-Joachim Marseille: The Life Story of the Star of Africa)...
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  • German-Georgian writer and philosopher Hans Massaquoi, German-American journalist, grandson of Momulu Massaquoi Hans-Joachim Marseille, German Fighter Ace [citation...
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    Wien-Schwechat (1 August 1940 – 15 November 1940), the same school that Hans-Joachim Marseille had attended one year earlier. One of his teachers at the Jagdfliegerschule...
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    (2001). Hauptmann Hans Joachim Marseille— Ein Jagdfliegerschicksal in Daten, Bildern und Dokumenten [Captain Hans Joachim Marseille— A Fighter Pilots...
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    1944 Generalmajor Martin Harlinghausen - 17 April 1945 Hauptmann Hans-Joachim Marseille Oberst Dietrich Peltz Generalfeldmarschall Robert Ritter von Greim...
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    Eastern front against the Soviets. The leading aces in the west were Hans-Joachim Marseille with 158 kills (most of which were against British Commonwealth...
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    film Der Stern von Afrika (The Star of Africa) about Luftwaffe ace Hans-Joachim Marseille. The original design, starting with the Bf 109F, had an asymmetrical...
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  • life may have formed the basis for Mel Gibson's film, The Patriot. Hans-Joachim Marseille (1919–1942), German Luftwaffe ace, penitent for the killings he...
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  • on the Hans-Joachim Marseille biographical film, Der Stern von Afrika, (The Star of Africa), directed by Alfred Weidenmann and starring Joachim Hansen...
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    Neumann, the former Geschwaderkommodore of JG 27 and mentor of Hans-Joachim Marseille, "The Star of Africa". Neumann had joined Galland's staff in April...
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    that Frost fell victim to one of the most prominent German aces, Hans-Joachim Marseille, who scored six of his 158 victories that same day. It has also...
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    general and fighter ace Adolf Galland, the Luftwaffe flying ace Hans-Joachim Marseille, WWII Wehrmacht Lieutenant Colonel/Inspector General of the Bundeswehr...
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