Sturmovik Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Hopefully I won´t have to explain the joke. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Puff Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Do NOT give up your day gig ... 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightersweep Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Hans Joachim Margate? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPuente54 Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 It's actually a great joke(based of names). I read his biography a year or two ago(maybe over 3); and learned that he had a very different point of view. My good friend Walt stated that he definitely walked to a different drummer. He had a sense of humor; and was famous for pranks that got him into serious trouble. More than a few commanders were ready to court-martial him. His great ability to fly(and many of his companions and commanders could never explain how he flew the 109 variants) was why they didn't court-martial him. He was also known for his many girl friends. As I wrote; it's not that bad. Could have been better; but it worked. And, I agree with @Sturmovik's statement. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Russell Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 Historians seem to fall into two camps about him. Some more or less idolise him as a highly successful ace pilot. Others point to the fact that, as well as the characteristics in the post above, he only claimed a very small number of bombers in his 100+ score. It could be argued that it was the WDAF bombers that were doing all the harm to the Afrika Korps, sinking ships, blasting supply dumps and materiel concentrations and the first priority should have been to shoot them down. It can be argued it was necessary to shoot down escort fighters but from what I remember of his biography this isn't what happened - some of his most useful victories were while escorting Stukas but many were battles of encounter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightersweep Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 I think I have most of the published works on Marseille. Certainly a colourful character who I have always put in the same mould as Kidd Hofer. I wonder how his career would have progressed had he survived North Africa? Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 47 like:s or haha:s so far at a Finnish fb airwar history group, of course credited to Sturmovik 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmovik Posted May 15, 2019 Author Share Posted May 15, 2019 1 hour ago, vppelt68 said: 47 like:s or haha:s so far at a Finnish fb airwar history group, of course credited to Sturmovik 👍 Thanks vppelt68, much appreciated. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 Quite a good about him in the Franz Stiegler book A Higher Call when Stiegler gets posted to his unit. Nice aspect from another pilots point of view Would like to get this biography though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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