The Stuka Ace Who Destroyed Over 500 Tanks...

As the Luftwaffe lost control of the air to the numerically superior Allies, the Stuka was one of the first aircraft to suffer the German Air Force’s reversal of fortunes. It was slow, under armoured and under-armed when compared to the new generation of Allied fighters and warplanes. As early as the Battle of Britain in 1940, the Stuka’s weaknesses were realised in combat but despite efforts to replace it the ungainly aircraft continued to fight on in other theatres and would survive almost the entirety of the war, defending Berlin from the Red Army. While the aircraft’s design had a number of weaknesses the Allies could exploit, the Stuka did have one advantage on its side that often counterbalanced them: its cadre of highly skilled, experienced and committed pilots. This is the story of one such Stuka pilot who blazed himself an incredible combat career in the defence of fascism which he so passionately believed in. This is the story of Hans-Ulrich Rudel, the Stuka Ace who destroyed over 500 tanks during his wartime career.
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0:00 Introduction
2:43 Early Life
5:48 The Eastern Front
11:35 The Tank Killer
16:15 War’s End

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Written & Researched by: Tony Wilkins
Edited by: James Wade
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