![]() ![]() After passing his flying training course and becoming a pilot, Hans Rudel applied for further training in the technique of the dive-bombing but was turned down. In 1936, he joined the Luftwaffe as an cadet officer as a way to continue and develop his sporting activities. Rudel was a teenager when the NSDAP took charge and became indoctrinated at very early age.Since young age, Rudel showed interest in sports and did not do well in school. He was never good at school and received limited education. Hans-Ulrich Rudel was born in 1916 in Silesia.He was the son of a clergyman - minister. During his career, as Stuka pilot he managed to destroy enormous number of enemy equipment, including 519 Soviet tanks. ![]() Hans Rudel is not the kind of "Panzer Ace" such as Wittmann or Barkmann, simply because he was "Stuka Ace" and destroyed enemy armored fighting vehicles from the air. Vehicles of the Wehrmacht - Military Links ![]()
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