A Month Like No Other – The epic final days of Luftwaffe ace Hans-Joachim Marseille

This photograph, a Bruno Hansmann postcard, shows Marseille during his trip to the Messerschmitt factory in Augsburg. (Photo courtesy of author)

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September 30, 2022 marks the 80th anniversary of the death of perhaps the finest fighter pilot of World War II: Hans-Joachim Marseille. This article focuses only on September 1942. It was truly a month like no other for in this month, Marseille rewrote the book on fighter-to-fighter combat. In addition to claiming an astounding 54 kills, including 17 of those on September 1, he saw two friends and colleagues die, met three high-ranking military leaders,...

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