Rudolf Resch was a German Luftwaffe military aviator during the Spanish Civil War and World War II, a fighter ace listed with 94 enemy aircraft shot down. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. He was credited with one aerial during the Spanish Civil War and further 93 on the Eastern Front of World War II.
Rudolf Resch
Jagdgeschwader 52 was a German World War II fighter Geschwader (wing) that exclusively used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 throughout the war. The unit originally formed near Munich in November 1938, then moved to a base near Stuttgart. JG 52 became the most successful fighter-Geschwader of the war, with a claimed total of more than 10,000 victories over enemy aircraft during World War II. It was the unit of the top three scoring flying aces of all time, Erich Hartmann, Gerhard Barkhorn and Günther Rall.
Luftwaffe aircraft flying in formation, 1937.
A Bf 109E, as would have been flown by JG 52. This particular Bf 109 is an E-3 type.
The Bf 109G6 of Gerhard Barkhorn as it would have appeared in September 1942.
A Bf 109E-1, whose markings indicate it as belonging to 7./JG 52.
