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The Best WW II Fighter Pilot – Hans-Joachim Marseille: German Super Ace

Unlike this Bf 109E (one of only two originals in the world still flying), Marseille’s aircraft were painted in desert colors and were fitted with the “trop” air filter on the left side. (Photo by John Dibbs/planepicture.com)

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He has been called “The Great One,” “The Bohemian Bandit,” an “enfant terrible,” and (the most enduring) “The Star of Africa.” He was both disliked and loved by a host of his peers, hated by many high-ranking Nazis and commanding officers while being practically revered by the German people. History shows us that he was a steadfast anti-Nazi; a troublemaker; a gifted pianist; a jokester; a serial womanizer; and an anti-racist, anti-establishment, and antithetical Luftwaffe...

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