![]() During the Polish Campaign at the start of World War II, he flew on long-range reconnaissance missions over Poland from Breslau. His fellow pilots coined the phrase Hans-Ulrich Rudel, er trinkt nur Sprudel, Hans-Ulrich Rudel, he drinks only mineral water. Rudel had difficulty learning the new techniques and was considered unsuitable for combat flying, so on 01-01-1939, he was transferred to the Reconnaissance Flying School at Hildesheim for training in operational reconnaissance. In June 1938 he joined I./Sturzkampfgeschwader 168, under Hauptmann Walter Sigel, Sigel died on 08-05-1944, age 36, after crashing his Fieseler Storch into the Trondheimfjord, in Graz as an officer senior cadet. ![]() In August 1936, after his Abitur, he joined the Luftwaffe as an officer cadet, and began basic training at the “School of Air Warfare” at Wildpark-Werder. ![]() He had two older sisters Ingeborg and Johanna As a boy he was a poor scholar but a very keen sportsman. His mother was Martha Mueckner and they were very happy with their wished family heir. Rudel, Hans Ulrich, the son of Lutheran minister Johannes, was born on 02-07-1916, in Konradswaldau, Silesia. ![]()
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