Marseille may not have been the prefect officer, but he was the perfect fighter pilot.
General Adolf Galland,

From Left to Right: Von Richthofen, Krefft, Wolff, and Otto Brauneck. April 1917.

Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein

(Source: ausschreitungen)


Top: Marseilel, in his dress uniform, poses with his Bf 109.

Bottom: Marseille at age 22, wearing the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds

Top scoring night fighter ace


After the awards, the recipients share a moment outside the bunker.


On August 31, 1943 Heinrich Prinz Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein received the Oak Leaves to his Knight’s Cross from Hitler.


Heinrich Prinz Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein


Photographs of Heinrich in August 1943, surveying the remains of one of his victories.

Prinz Heinrich glances out from the cockpit of C9+AE , prior to take-off in June of 1943.

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