![]() 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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