Of All My Accomplishments I May Have Achieved During The War, I Am Proudest Of The Fact That I Never Lost A Wingman. - SearchQuotes

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Of all my accomplishments I may have achieved during the war, I am proudest of the fact that I never lost a wingman.

Colonel Erich Bubi Hartmann

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