Hans Waldmann (fighter pilot)

Hans Peter Waldmann was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross , an honour that recognised extreme bravery on the battlefield or outstanding military leadership. Waldmann received the award after he had shot down 85 enemy aircraft. In total, he was credited with 134 aerial victories accumulated in 527 combat missions.

Waldmann was born in Braunschweig in the Free State of Brunswick onSeptember 1922. He was the second son of Ludwig Waldmann, a bank manager, and his wife Maria. Waldmann had an older brother Paul. In 1928 he attended the Volksschule, a primary school, in the ComeniusStreet. Over Easter in 1932 he transferred to the humanitiesoriented secondary school WilhelmGymnasium.

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