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List of aerial victories claimed by Günther Rall

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List of aerial victories claimed by Günther Rall
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Günther Rall (10 March 1918 – 4 October 2009) was a highly decorated German military aviator, officer and General, whose military career spanned nearly forty years. Rall was the third most successful fighter pilot in aviation history, behind Gerhard Barkhorn, who is second, and Erich Hartmann, who is first.[2]

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28 November 1943, Rall after his 250th aerial victory[1]
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List of aerial victories claimed

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According to US historian David T. Zabecki, Rall was credited with 275 aerial victories.[3] Spick also lists Rall with 275 aerial victories claimed in 621 combat missions. Of these, three were claimed over the Western Allies and the remaining 272 on the Eastern Front.[4] Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and found records for 274 aerial victory claims, plus one further unconfirmed claim. This number includes one victory over a French Curtiss P-36 Hawk, one victory over a U.S. Lockheed P-38 Lightning, and 272 Soviet-piloted aircraft on the Eastern Front.[5]

Victory claims were logged to a map-reference (PQ = Planquadrat), for example "PQ 44621". The Luftwaffe grid map (Jägermeldenetz) covered all of Europe, western Russia and North Africa and was composed of rectangles measuring 15 minutes of latitude by 30 minutes of longitude, an area of about 360 square miles (930 km2). These sectors were then subdivided into 36 smaller units to give a location area 3 km × 4 km (1.9 mi × 2.5 mi) in size.[6]

 (Ace of spades) aerial victories which made Rall an "ace-in-a-day", a term which designates a fighter pilot who has shot down five or more airplanes in a single day.
 (dash) unconfirmed aerial victory claims for which Rall did not receive credit.
? (question mark) information discrepancies listed by Mombeek, Prien, Stemmer, Rodeike, Bock, Mathews and Foreman.
! (exclamation mark) according to Mathews and Foreman the aircraft was claimed as a Lavochkin La-5.[7]
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Notes

  1. According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 13:49.[32]
  2. The "m.H." refers to an Ilyushin Il-2 with rear gunner (mit Heckschütze).

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