The greatest fighter pilot in history, he was born on May 2, 1982 in the small Silesian town of Kleinberg near Schweidnitz. His father was a retired career military officer, and Manfred was destined to follow in his father’s footsteps – he entered the Wahlstatt Cadet Institute at the age of 11, developing a great …
The Observer or B-Uhr watches began to be supplied by the German Air Ministry to members of the Luftwaffe, under the specifications cited in ordinance FL 23883 starting in 1936 and were intended for Luftwaffe pilots. It reflected that the boxes should be dull and made of aluminized brass, gray bronze or steel, the latter …
