German Air Ace

Erich Hartmann was a German pilot during WW2. He shot down 352 confirmed Allied aircraft (345 Soviet). There was a book written about him in 1970. He was a glider pilot before he joined the German Air Force. I wonder if Wes had read that book and decided to create the German pilot Fred in Rocinante based on Hartmann. Fred was the the pilot who trained Mark and Jackie in flying gliders.



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