MAJOR GERHARD BARKHORN
- 20 March 1919 - Born in Königsberg (East Prussia)
- ? 1939 - Joined Jagdgeschwader Richthofen
- August 1940 - Transferred to JG52
- June 1941 - Posted to Eastern Front
- 2 July 1941 - Scored his first aerial victory
- 23 August 1942 - Decorated with the Knight's Cross after 59 kills at the rank of Oberleutnant
- 7 September 1942 - Awarded the German Cross in Gold
- 19 December 1942 - Reached 100 victories
- 12 January 1943 - Awarded the Oakleaves to the Knight's Cross after 120 kills serving in II/JG52 as Oberleutnant
- June 1943 - Appointed Kommandeur II/JG52
- 30 November 1943 - Scored his 200th aerial victory
- 13 February 1944 - Reached 250 kills
- 2 March 1944 - Awarded the Swords to the Knight's Cross (52th recipient of this decoration) serving in JG52 as Hauptmann
- January 1945 - Reached 300 aerial victories
- January 1945 - Tranferred to JG6 in Western Front
- 15 April 1945 - Joined JV44
- 21 April 1945 - Crash-landed after an engine failure on his Me 262A-1a. Badly injured, spent the rest of the war in hospital
VICTORIES
Total 301 (second highest-scoring ace in history)
1104 Combat missions
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