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Johannes "Macky" Steinhoff (15 September 1913 – 21 February 1994) was a Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II, German general, and NATO official. 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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Jun 12, 2006 · Johannes Steinhoff was truly one of the most charmed fighter pilots in the Luftwaffe. His exploits became legendary though his wartime career ended tragically. Steinhoff served in combat from the first days of the war through April 1945. He flew more than 900 missions and engaged in aerial combat in over 200 sorties, operating from the Western ...
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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 80...
148 Eastern Front. Total Sorties: 993. Biography: - Source: Wikipedia. Johannes Steinhoff was born on 15 September 1913 in Bottendorf, Thuringia, the son of a millworker and a housewife. He had two brothers, Bernd and Wolf.
Feb 26, 1994 · BONN, Germany —. Gen. Johannes Steinhoff, an ace World War II fighter pilot who helped rebuild Germany’s postwar air force and later chaired NATO’s military commission, has died at the age ...
Career: September 2nd, 1966 - December 31st, 1970: Inspekteur, Führungsstab der Luftwaffe (Bundeswehr). Johannes Steinhoff achieved 178 aerial victories (including 148 in the East and 4 four-engined bombers) during 993 operational sorties of which 105 sorties were as a fighter-bomber.
On the C-SPAN Networks: Johannes Steinhoff is a General with one video in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1989 Interview. Appearances by Title: c. November 15, 1989 - Present ...
