Actually it was General Galland who signed my logbook, but checking the list of WW2 aces (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_flying_aces) I found he's way down the list. 104 to Colonel Hartmann's 362. Still I enjoyed meeting and speaking with him. A bit weird though. He was visiting the base where I was stationed so there I was on a US Air Force Base in USAF uniform speaking with a Luftwaffe ace who had shot down more than a few USAF (USAAC back then) fliers. patrick On 06 Sep 2011, at 19:15, Jay Eads wrote:
Patrick,
You got Erich Hartmann's autograph before his death in 1993? That is incredible!
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:
True, but it's also true that the top ace of WW2 flew a 109. I was lucky enough to get his autograph in my flight log a few years back.
patrick