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Gerhard Barkhorn

1919 - 1983

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Gerhard "Gerd" Barkhorn (20 March 1919 – 11 January 1983) was a German military aviator who was a renowned wing commander in the Luftwaffe during World War II. As a fighter ace, he was the second most successful fighter pilot of all time after fellow pilot Erich Hartmann. Other than Hartmann, Barkhorn is the only fighter ace to ever exceed 300 claimed victories. Following World War II, he became a high-ranking officer in the German Air Force of the Federal Republic of Germany. Born in the Weimar Republic in 1919, Barkhorn joined the Luftwaffe in 1937 and completed his training in 1939. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gerhard Barkhorn is the 397th most popular military personnel (down from 288th in 2019), the 316th most popular biography from Russia (down from 236th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Russian Military Personnel.

Gerhard Barkhorn is most famous for being a German fighter pilot during World War II. He was a member of the Luftwaffe and flew over 500 combat missions.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Gerhard Barkhorn ranks 397 out of 2,058. Before him are Jean-Andoche Junot, Laskarina Bouboulina, Carl Spaatz, Charles Lee, Hermann Balck, and Gustav Wagner. After him are Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Bonifacius, Hans-Valentin Hube, Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, and Jean II Le Maingre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Gerhard Barkhorn ranks 40. Before him are Abdirashid Shermarke, Andreas Papandreou, Leon Festinger, Hans-Joachim Marseille, James M. Buchanan, and Jennifer Jones. After him are Oleg Penkovsky, César Manrique, Mordechai Anielewicz, Martin Balsam, Boris Shcherbina, and Lex Barker. Among people deceased in 1983, Gerhard Barkhorn ranks 34. Before him are Gloria Swanson, George O. Abell, Luis Monti, Mercè Rodoreda, John Fante, and Pridi Banomyong. After him are Kenneth Clark, George Balanchine, Vladimir Gelfand, Klaus Nomi, Maurice Ronet, and Muddy Waters.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Gerhard Barkhorn ranks 316 out of 3,761. Before him are Marianne von Werefkin (1860), Pyotr Krasnov (1869), Alexander Luria (1902), Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia (1895), Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia (1784), and Feodor Chaliapin (1873). After him are Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia (1586), Alfred Schnittke (1934), Viktor Shklovsky (1893), Vasily Perov (1834), Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia (1860), and Oleg Penkovsky (1919).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Gerhard Barkhorn ranks 28. Before him are Valery Gerasimov (1955), Nikolai Vatutin (1901), Dmitry Yazov (1924), Fyodor Tolbukhin (1894), Boris Shaposhnikov (1882), and Andrei Grechko (1903). After him are Kirill Meretskov (1897), Leonid Govorov (1897), Pavel Nakhimov (1802), Zinovy Rozhestvensky (1848), Sergei Skripal (1951), and Viktor Kulikov (1921).

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