Death of Anton Hafner - Top scoring ace of JG 51 'Mölders' | 204 victories - 17th October 1944
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- Опубликовано: 8 июл 2022
- On 17th October, 204 victory ace Oberleutnant Anton Hafner led a flight of 8./JG 51 on a patrol over the southwest area of Lithuania. While patrolling, Hafner’s flight was intercepted by Yaks of 3rd Escadrille, 303rd Fighter Aviation Division, part of the famous French Normandie-Niemen regiment. Hafner was seen to hit a tree while chasing a Yak 9 at low level and was killed in the crash. Hafner remains the highest scoring pilot of JG 51 ‘Mölders' for the rest of the Second World War.
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Sources
French Eagles, Soviet Heroes: The 'Normandie-Niemen' Squadrons on the Eastern Front by John Clarke
Normandie-Niemen by Christian-Jacques Ehrengardt forum.12oclockhigh.net/archive...
warspot.ru/12325-posledniy-de...
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Развлечения
Details are scarce on this one, so Ive done my best to recreate this event as best I could.
Historical discrepancy: the fighter that crashes at 5:00 did not happen, this is just what happened when I recorded this mission in IL-2
Why were these French fighting in the Soviet Air Force again? I thought they’d have been like the Poles, ie with the Brits and the Amis?
Since all german pilots were killed, as you show, how do you have info about the batlle? You accept what the soviets claimed?
@@dimatha2434 ive listed my sources in the description
@@StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz "Initially the Groupe de Chasse 3 (GC 3) (3rd Fighter Group) in the Free French Air Force comprised a group of French fighter pilots sent to aid Soviet forces on the Eastern Front at the suggestion of Charles de Gaulle, leader of the Free French Forces, who felt it important that French servicemen serve on all fronts in the war.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escadron_de_Chasse_2/30_Normandie-Niemen
They were French pilots who transferred to the Soviet Union and formed their own squadron, in the Red Air Force, after the Fall of France.
Do a very dangerous thing, day after day for years on end, without much of a break and under conditions of constant stress and exhaustion, and eventually the odds catch up with you.
RIP Toni Haffner.
That is what happened to Manfred Von Richthohen also. Sleep Deprivation led to complacency and Rookie mistakes.
If u live by the sword long enough, the odds are you too will perish the same way
Glad he went. Nazi.
Another incredible video from you, appreciate the authentic markings as always. The weathering on Hafner's Bf-109 is so realistic.
Maurice Challe was my late wife’s uncle, one of two in Normandy Niemen. Her three uncles all fighter pilots, shot down 29 German aircraft during WW2. Not bad for a family air force!! Maurice was unfortunately lost over Kursk shortly after this incident.
Battle of Kursk was in July 1943. This took place October 1944.
Il aurait été abattu en Prusse Orientale le 25 mars 1945 apparemment.
Hafners loss was unfortunate as well.
@@tomsen413 Like most people killed in a war
Please convey the civilized world's gratitude to him for eliminating Nazis.
Great video. Thanks for sharing. I imagine the loss of this ace plus the other three aircraft in the flight was quite a shock for the other pilots in JG 51.
Have been following your channel of late. Truly excellent work to bring the tales of these great fighter pilots to an entire new generation.
Great content! He wouldn’t be able to shake those Yak fighters low level flight!! Met his match! Rest In Peace!
An impossible mission. We must belive the French pilots hence the lack of german sources.
There were two French pilots flying Russian Yaks on his tail and he couldn't evade them both as he was taking hits from them. In the end, Hafner got down low, clipped a tree, and was kaput. 🥲
Are you including the tree in your version of events, Ivan?
Once again, an excellent video. Much appreciated!
Great job with this and all other videos in this series!
Another excellent production....keep em' coming!
I always love your videos! The graphics are always so beautiful and realistic! Thanks!
you have done a great work!
An unremarkable death, Hafner should not have gotten into the weeds with a bunch of Yaks.
Love your content mate! (NZ here! ANZAC's all the way!) Keep these vids flowing bro 😎💯👍
Brave men like Haffner - no matter what side they fought for - deserved to have made it till the war's end, which was just a few months ahead. Wars are so horrible ...I wonder if this world will ever be able to settle disputes without wars.
@Jennifer Kelly sadly we haven’t been able to so far!! But we can pray that we will one day be able to handle disputes without bloodshed!! Thanks
We thought so in the late 60s, we really did! ✌️Unfortunately, the Man won't allow it...
Very good reconstruction of this fight. Congratulations .
Great Video.
Perhaps Anton Hafner should be mentioned a bit more when showing his last enemy flight as a video. Anton Hafner born on June 2, 1918 in Erbach Hessen was one of the best fighter pilots in the Luftwaffe. His training as a fighter pilot took place in July 1939 in the Luftwaffe. After that he was deployed in Fighter Squadron 51 during the war. 1941 in Russia, in November 42 in Africa, and then again in Russia. He has been one of the top fighter pilots with 204 confirmed kills on 795 enemy flights. With a total of more than 100 German fighter pilots who were listed with at least 100 and the highest 352 kills, he still belonged to the average of the German fighter pilot aces.
actually its erbach an der donau
@@grumogus Na dann entschuldige ich mich für die falsche Aussage.
Great historical reconstruction!
A wonderful adventure with your hard work! I cordially greet you.
This reminded me of the mistake that killed Von Richtoffen.
I thought the same thing!
Exactly!
When the dust on the bones is gone it will still be remembered.
No hero fight for a bad cause.
LOL
to have kill allied pilots ?
@@calvacoca to have writen his name in aerial warfare with more than 100 Air kills
@@calvacoca so why you are hir? Go watch some Allied heroes video ;)
Great job Soto...!!!
At 204 kills in 795 missions....comparable to Erich Hartmann in terms of "kills per mission". Most Allied fighter pilots with 20 kills in 80 missions are fairly well known. Now multiply that by 10! With 10x the danger and 10x the chance of NOT living through WW2.
Рассказы про космические счета летчиков истребителей люфтваффе при проверке оказываются сказками . Проводили документальное сравнение побед Хартмана при операции под Яссами сравнивая заявки немецких летчиков и реальные потери ВВС РККА в лучшем случае количество реальных побед завышено в 5-7 раз!!!! Поделите счета немецких асов на этот коэффициент и все станет на свои места!!! Все стороны воевали плюс минус на равных. Просто немцы нагло врали.
@@user-hg7hy8lv1m да не ври! Общие счета советских асов завышены ещё хлеще. А многих немецких асов (у Альфреда Гриславски, например) не подтверждаются всего одна или две победы. И то вопрос - не мухлевали ли с потерями в советских штабах
@@user-kq9is6kb9h на канале туземный совет трудящихся есть подробный разбор хартмановских сказок на основании сохранившихся документов ( поскольку большая часть документов люфтвафли была уничтожена) кроме того по количеству погибшего летного состава СССР на последнем месте с 35000 человек а гансы на одном из первых больше 60 000. Кроме того не бьются и другие цифры. А самое главное. Что Хартман что Рудель если бы сделали заявленные ими вылеты ,то просто бы умерли от физического истощения, поскольку заявленное количество запредельно для физических возможностей человека. Это я тебе дятлу говорю как человек испытавший это на себе.
@@user-hg7hy8lv1m что мне твой говно-канал, я с человеком общался который САМ с документами работал - что по люфтваффе, что по ВВС РККА.. И ты хоть для разнообразия канал Tactic Media посмотри, передачи с Тиминым. На Warspot зайди, что там Лёха Пекарш говорит. Подтверждаемость у ВВС РККА вообще ни к черту, особенно по сравнению с немцами. Суммирование достижений советских лётчиков- истребителей даёт 45 тыс.немецких самолётов, но по факту потери люфтваффе в воздушных боях от советских истребителей лишь около 9 тыс. Это данные Никиты Егорова, если тебе это имя о чём-то говорит. Так что если успокойся, если выяснять кто больше брехал - для сталинистов всё будет ОЧЕНЬ печально.
@@user-kq9is6kb9h все печально закончилось для хартманов витаминов и руделей- шмуделей они проиграли войну. Приписки не помогли!
Great vid, as usual. Keep up the great work. 👍
Just goes to show that no matter how good you are, you can always have one bad day.
Just awesome. Love these stories.
First time viewer of your channel. I like the style. As for Herr Hafner... not a very good way to go out. But when a pilot is low like that with multiple planes chasing... he's in a pretty tough spot.
Thanks for watching!
Thanx for a great video.
A minor point: photo negative of Hafner is reversed on the title page
of the video; take a close look at his uniform.
...well done video. Hafner s Bf 109 with verical yellow tail band indicates Jagdgeschwader JG 11 ...
Amazing how just a little thing like leaving the properly proprtioned tire tracks adds to the realism....
Brilliant effort. And not before time....
Lovely graphics
I wonder why an ace like that hadn't got the brand new Bf-109G-10 or even the Bf-109G-14, which were both available in October 1944 ! Even the latest model Bf-109K-4 was operational those days. With the Bf-109G-6 he had no chance of disegaging against the Yak-9's . Aces of that skill should have been equipped with the best machines as soon as possible.
One word: time. The new aircraft "entered service" in October 1944, which means it was starting to reach various front-line units at that time. But that doesn't mean that they're suddenly 1,000 of them ready and waiting at the factory for this. So it takes time to plan and allocate which units get how many. Time to transfer the aircraft from the factory to those units. Time for familiarisation (essential for any new equipment, and difficult in a raging war). And by this stage of the war, doing anything was difficult for the Germans. This incident happened the very month the new models started trickling out so it's very likely that the unit - being heavily engaged in combat - hadn't received and/or worked up with their new craft yet. "We'll do it after today's mission", were perhaps some famous last words...
3:23 : great sound editing!
Nice work. Right at the 1:00 mark at takeoff there is a little mix up, the vertical rudder is the old, short style of the earlier versions whereas in the rest of the clip it is the tall version. Did anyone else notice?
I noticed the incorrect writing on the propellor.
Thats very sad! Screw war!!!
He was an amazing pilot. Oneday they couldve all been friends! Such a sad loss tbh 🙏😥
RIP-what a hero👍🏼
He fought for the nazis.... He was not à hero at all...
@@antoinehuguet5105 not every german soldier was a nazi, at the end of the war the fighter pilots fought to defend the german cities against the allied bomber raids....but to be honest, for sure germany was the reason for 2WW, and a huge number of crimes happend, and its a huge desaster and this should never be forgotten. But not every german soldier was a nazi.
@@sg195286 good try to try to down nazi and german responsability. Calling these guy heroes is just bullshit. You are someone disguting by defending such idea.
I've never heared before, that Fench pilot fought for the Russians. Thanks for this clip.
That was new to me too!
You never heard of Normandie-Neman regiment? But I’m sure you’ve heard a lot about two generals in Africa with 1200 tanks fighting one general with 40 tanks, right? Then there is still plenty to learn.
@@nich7622 that's what the allies called a fare fight
.
There were also Spanish pilots fighting on the Eastern Front--on both sides.
They didn't fight for the Russians
. They fought for communism. They would have joined the Free French if they weren't. Communism was more important to them than their country as for all communists. On the other Hand many French men volunteered against the Communists on the German side
Again very good . Have you ever made one about Marmaduke Pattle?
Yes, I did earlier this year. Go find it in on my channel
Fueron los mejores , no cabe duda ,este hombre ,señor piloto a instruidos nuestras tropas ,como piloto instructor ,como le demostramos en Malvinas 😁
Were the Yaks, 9T's?
A sad ending for such a gifted aviator..
Nothing sad about one less Nazi in the world.
How did they get this great footage???
Game IL-2
What a sad ignominious end for Anton.
What series me109 was he in
😍bravo meilleures avions ✈ combat
😀🥰😍👍merci
Please tell us about egon mayer's last combat
Awesome video. And to my understanding, Sous Lieutenant Challe may have been the General Challe who led the revolt of the French generals in Algeria in '61. Can someone confirm.
Correction: it isnt him
No . 2 brother Maurice and rene challe fight in Normandie niemem squadron.
Maurice (1911 - 1945 ) René (1913- 2006).
Général Maurice challe who led the revolt in Alger was à parent of this 2 brothers and died in 1979.
@@sotocinematics
Sorry but you are wrong.
4 brothers challe were pilotes du ring the war.
2 or them in Normandie nièmen squadron.
Maurice challe who fight hafner,
died 1 year later in 1945.
Maurice challe who lead the military revolt in Alger was issued from the same family but died in 1979.
@@jeromenesa1787 Ok thanks 👍
No. Different family Challe. Four brothers, Leon, Bernard, Maurice, Rene, all aviators - you can find them on the net.
i presume this is il-2 bos? nicely made.
Can you do Walter Oesau?
Unlike the pilots of the allies, the German pilots flew and fought till they were killed. Very few aces survived the war.
Like the Japanese pilots from the early stages of the Pacific air battles of WW2. Very sad.
where is the art from that you post?
I like it! I do! Very interesting!
Is this the Kuban
map?
This is the summer moscow map mod
こんばんわ、戦闘機同士の空中戦って頻繁に起こらないよう気がするんですが。敵の軍事施設を攻撃に行き迎撃して来たとゆうようなことでもない限り、動画のようにこんなにも広い空で偶然に出くわすなんてあるんでしょうか？
He actually was born in the town that i live in
give some clear insight to the death of helmuth wicks, the commodore of JG 1. thanks.
RIP
So sad for almost everyone involved.
R u kidding me? 1 dead nazi ace is ok by me. Always remember the Holocaust my frirnd.
Isn't that an ME 109?
Great story soto please do the last flight of Adolf Galland.
Yes!
Adolf Galland survived the war though?
@@sotocinematics yes he did
@@Spitfiresammons I believe Galland died in 1996, as he & Franz Stigler used to talk on the phone once a week prior to Gallands death.
@@tieroneactual2228 he did died in 1996 but survived in a final dogfight with p-47s after attacking the b-26s
So they never got him,it was a manuever kill , he struck a tree with his wing and tumbled into another. Thats the way wars go , many accidents and mishaps! Sad though for such a high scorer RIP.
If it was WT there would be no tree seen
I knew it was going to end like that, am not a pilot but this guy flew too low for his own good....
Hmmm...... So..... using your logic, all Crop Duster pilots should be dead? 🤔💀
@@jamesburns2232 I have no exact info what could have happened, just a gut feeling, can't answer for the crop dusters either....btw, the crop duster's planes are probably much lighter with possibly larger surface över the wings as they need to fly low with minimal risk for what happened here....
Too bad Hafner didn't fly the TA-152 the long nosed Focke Wulf 190 variant. I think he might have been able to escape if he was in one. Just an opinion.
G6 me 109. Not a.G16 or K series. he wasn't in the best series me109
Mölders?
Edit while trying to edit this to say I fkd up AGAIN, cuz I saw that DDGo pulled up a pilot named Molder it kept pulling up the original version of this comm with just “Molder?” In it. I have zero idea WTF YTube is playing at
no jobs at low levels for a Me 109
I wonded if he would know about them being French and not Russian, as in judging
if it's historical correct he should have know by the French tricolore in front of the airplane propeller...right?
@@frankv8891 Those markings were purely for friendly units while flying with multiple squadrons in the air, I can't tell the difference between a Yamaha and a Honda while speeding by at 300 km/ph, let alone see it's colors, but still my point indeed whether he would have chosen this strategy, would he have known before-hand they were better-trained French pilots, and wouldn't have been killed in this accident, but gotten away earlier.. regards!
he should have flown a fw 190 . much better plane
Смотря для каких целей
Как фронтовой истребитель - не факт !
Не засоряйте сеть мусором.
I was in ROTC with a chap named Hafner... I wonder now if there was any relation???
those yak 3 s were awesome...scratch one nazi kaput.
Сам к земле прижался !
Thanks for a well presented video. Sorry to sound nasty but too bad this fellow didn’t meet his end earlier. He flew for the Nazi regime that was, as we know, a horrific group who slaughtered millions of innocents.
Well this is a new one French pilots flying Russian aircraft over France…..VIVA MOSCOW!
General Garland was their greatest ace and pilot,he stood up to Goering
Whatever, he was still a Nazi, i.e., he worked to fulfill the perverted Nazi dream. Whether he carried a party card or not is a distinction that makes ZERO difference.
The one thing the great aces couldn't combat was the attrition they faced when flying day after day. Even the greatest ran out of luck.
RIP Oberleutnant Hafner. Your sacrifice to stop the international debt slavers will never be forgotten. You are a hero to all of us who understand the global monetary monopoly that has ruined all our Nations.
Well said. Nice to see people are awakening. We need more like you. 👍
Yes, what a disgrace the western world is in now.
Did you just called nazist a hero?! What is happening to the world? Who are all those ppl?! Is it brainwash or they simply descendants of those hafners?
That hafner didn’t fight against treasuries slavery you talking about, he simply came to eliminate slavic nations from Earth. When Stalin refused to join ‘green paper buying’ system, the nazi dogs were unleashed on him.
@@nich7622 It was capitalists from the 'green paper buying' system that saved the Bolsheviks.
@@wakeywakey6388 Disagree. Bolsheviks would’ve saved themselves without help, it would just take longer but without green papers’ involvement war arguably wouldn’t even begun.
204 победы включая гражданские самолёты и самолёты на аэродромах. Герой хренов
Pilot lacks defensive expertise. Lost his cool. That day just another player.
Немецкого пилота развели, как просточка! Тьфу!
müll
Yaks of the Escadrille? never heard of that bunch. Free French pilots using Russian planes? really?
Yes really. Escadrille Normandie Niemen sent by De Gaulle and did à great job.
Все нацисты должны разбится.
More likely a lucky shot fatally wounded him first, guys with 200 kills do not hit trees.