Rolf Pingel
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Rolf Pingel was a German Luftwaffe military aviator and fighter ace during the Spanish Civil War and World War II. He is credited with six aerial victories during the Spanish Civil War and a further 2
2. Staffel insignia
Pingel's captured Bf 109 F-2 (RAF serial ES906) at the Air Fighting Development Unit, RAF Duxford, October 1941.
Joachim Müncheberg
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Joachim Müncheberg was a German Luftwaffe fighter pilot during World War II and an ace credited with 135 air victories. The majority of his victories were claimed over the Western Front, with 33 claim
Rolf Pingel
…near Dungeness. On 14 September, two members of JG 26 received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes), Oberleutnant Joachim Müncheberg and Pingel. At the time, twenty aerial victories were the requirement for a Knight's Cross nomination. Pingel had not yet reached this figure. Caldwell…
Joachim Müncheberg
Rila Monastery
Bf 109 Es, similar to those flown by Müncheberg over France and Belgium.
Müncheberg (left) and General (later field marshal) Erwin Rommel in North Africa, 1941.