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demons: At the age of 21, Werner Mölders (18 March 1913 – 22 November 1941) joined Germany’s Luftwaffe, and volunteered for service in the Condor Legion which supported Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War. During the conflict, Mölders was the leading German ace when he shot down 15 aircraft. Highly decorated, Mölderswas the first pilot in aviation history to claim 100 aerial victories which resulted in the total destruction of his enemy. During the Battle of France and the Battle of Britain he shot down 53 enemy aircraft before he was transferred to the Eastern Front in June 1941 for the initial invasion of the USSR. By the end of June 1941, on the first day of Barbarossa, he had taken out four enemy aircraft to his tally and by a week later Mölders surpassed German legend Manfred von Richthofen’s 1918 record of 80 victories and by mid-July, he had hit and surpassed 100. Mölders died as a passenger in a mid air crash in November 1941. He is mentioned eleven times in the Wehrmachtbericht.
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At the age of 21, Werner Mölders (18 March 1913 – 22 November 1941) joined Germany’s Luftwaffe, and volunteered for service in the Condor Legion which supported Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War. During the conflict, Mölders was the leading German ace when he shot down 15 aircraft. Highly decorated, Mölderswas the first pilot in aviation history to claim 100 aerial victories which resulted in the total destruction of his enemy.

During the Battle of France and the Battle of Britain he shot down 53 enemy aircraft before he was transferred to the Eastern Front in June 1941 for the initial invasion of the USSR. By the end of June 1941, on the first day of Barbarossa, he had taken out four enemy aircraft to his tally and by a week later Mölders surpassed German legend Manfred von Richthofen’s 1918 record of 80 victories and by mid-July, he had hit and surpassed 100.

Mölders died as a passenger in a mid air crash in November 1941.
He is mentioned eleven times in the Wehrmachtbericht.



Posted 12th May, 2011
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