The legendary story of Gunter Lahr

From the Battle of Crete in 1941 to the outbreak of the Soviet-German War, his combat results have increased to 36. On November 28, 1941, there was a "single plane" near Rostov. The weather was very cold at that time, with the temperature at minus 40 degrees. Lal flew the plane and led his wingman to invade the Soviet position. In a melee, Lal shot down one Soviet aircraft. When it got dark, Lall didn't pay attention at all. A Soviet fighter jet bit his plane from behind, and his engine was damaged. Lall managed to fly the plane to the side of the German defense line, but when he made an emergency landing on the ground, due to excessive speed, Kuilal was seriously wounded and was discovered by a crew member of a nearby German tank who took him to a field hospital. Lal's spine was broken into three parts and his lower body was temporarily paralyzed. After nine months of treatment, he miraculously recovered, and unexpectedly found a sweet love. The young doctor Herta later became his wife. In September 1942, within one month, he increased his personal combat results to 65, thus receiving the "Knight's Iron Cross Medal". In late October 1942, his combat results exceeded the 100 mark, and he was recalled to Germany. Together with Steinhoff and other ace pilots, Hitler personally awarded him the "Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves" after the medal ceremony. Sitting in front of the fire with the aces and chatting, Lal boldly asked Hitler: "How long do you think the war will last? Because when we invaded the Soviet Union, the newspapers said that the war on the Eastern Front would end before the first snow. But. , Now we are suffering from the severe cold there. "Hitler replied: "Okay, but I can't answer you, this is an open land, we have our own space, when the enemy comes from the depths of the Siberian steppe in Asia, we will Protect these areas, just like Genghis Khan back then."

In April 1943, he served as captain of the 3rd Brigade, which had many aces including Hartmann. Soon, the Battle of Kursk broke out. By July 4th, the entire brigade had shot down a total of 2,500 enemy aircraft. On September 19th, the cumulative number of the brigade exceeded the 3,000 mark. At the same time, Lahr's personal combat results also continued to rise. On August 9, it was 175. 20 days later, he became the third person in the Luftwaffe with more than 200 personal combat results. At this time, he was awarded the rank of major. On November 28, Lal became the only second pilot in the entire army to have a record of 250 personal victories. In March 1944, Lal was appointed captain of the 2nd Battalion of the 11th Aviation Regiment stationed in China. From May 12 to November, he was hospitalized due to injuries. Since then, he has not achieved any results. By the time of the defeat, Lal was serving as the commander of the 300th Aviation Regiment, and his personal results ended at 275 aircraft. For some time after the war, Lal was imprisoned in France, along with the famous Colonel Rudel. His combat record is jaw-dropping: 2,530 sorties, 519 tanks destroyed, 3 large and medium-sized warships sunk, 9 enemy aircraft shot down, and countless trucks and trains. Lal was in the same cell with him. Lal discovered that he was an extremely arrogant person, almost to the point of being arrogant. Lal was then taken to the British Fighter Command School for questioning.

Lal was deployed 631 times during the war. Among his 275 victories, 272 were achieved on the Eastern Front. Like Hartmann, he mainly achieved the above results in battles with Soviet pilots, becoming the third ace of the German army. Lal is recognized as a super shooting expert. He has been shot down 8 times and injured 3 times. The first time he broke his back, the second time he was hit with injuries to his face and hands, and the third time his left hand was broken by a plane. thumb.