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      • He was one of very few Luftwaffe pilots who survived to fly operationally through the whole of the war period 1939–45 until he was severely burned during a failed take-off.
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  2. Jun 12, 2006 · Interview With World War II Luftwaffe Eagle Johannes Steinhoff. Flying with skill and daring, the great ace Luftwaffe Eagle Johannes Steinhoff survived the war and a horrible accident, living into his 80s. by Colin D. Heaton 6/12/2006. Johannes Steinhoff in Italy, 1943. (National Archives)

  3. He was one of very few Luftwaffe pilots who survived to fly operationally through the whole of the war period 1939–45 until he was severely burned during a failed take-off.

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    Date
    Time
    Type
    1
    18 December 1939
    14:30
    3
    10 May 1940
    5
    30 September 1940
    13:45
    6
    14 February 1941
    13:00
    Spitfire
  4. Steinhoff later said that it just seemed the right thing to do. Steinhoff passed away in a hospital in Bonn on Monday 21 February 1994, from complications arising from an earlier heart attack. He was 80, and had lived in nearby Bad Godesberg.

  5. Feb 23, 1994 · Lieut. Gen. Johannes Steinhoff, one of the Luftwaffe's fighter aces of World War II and a mover in rebuilding the postwar German military under NATO auspices, died on Monday in Bonn. He was...

  6. Feb 26, 1994 · Feb. 26, 1994 12 AM PT. From Times Staff and Wire Reports. BONN, Germany —. Gen. Johannes Steinhoff, an ace World War II fighter pilot who helped rebuild Germany’s postwar air force and later ...

  7. JOHANNES STEINHOFF. Johannes Steinhoff was born on the 15th of September 1913. He scored some of the first victories of the War when he shot down two Wellington bombers near Wilhelmshaven. Steinhoff was called Macki by those who knew him, Macki was Staflkapitan of 10/JG 26 by late 1939, and in February 1940 he was transferred to leadership of 4 ...

  8. Nov 28, 1999 · Documentary about the history of 20th century aerial combat as seen through the eyes of General Johannes Steinhoff. A former Luftwaffe fighter pilot who survived a near-fatal crash at the end of World War II, Steinhoff went on to head the new West German air force and later was elected Chairman...

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