Hans-Ulrich Rudel became one of the most feared pilots of World War II, mastering the Ju-87 Stuka with devastating precision. Known for destroying countless armored targets, his battlefield impact was ...

As a boy in rural Prussia, Hans Ulrich Rudel tried to “parachute” with an umbrella and broke his leg, but the same stubborn will later carried him into the Luftwaffe’s most extreme combat record.