Eric hartmann

He was appointed Kommodore in Oct/44 so the markings on his machine would reflect it, no? Also, why the 'Schwarz 4' if it was Graf's machine?

Erich Hartmann Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6,9./JG 52, August 24, 1944 .

Messerschmitt Me Bf 109, Major Erich (Bubi) Hartmann & With His Crew Chief Heinz Bimmel Mertens

Erich Hartmann, Luftwaffe.

Aviation art by Mark Postlethwaite portraying the last victory scored by Erich Hartmann

Luftwaffe Oberst Erich Hartmann Erich Alfred Hartmann (19 April 1922 – 20 September 1993), nicknamed "Bubi" (the hypocoristic form of "young boy") by his comrades and "The Black Devil" by his Soviet adversaries, was a German fighter pilot during World War II and is the highest-scoring fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare. He claimed 352 aerial victories—that is, 352 aerial combat encounters resulting in the destruction of the enemy aircraft—in 1,404 combat missions.

Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-10 Erich Hartmann, I./JG 52, Fels am Wagram, 17 April 1945,Photo taken on reaching 350 aerial victories. Note his splinter camo jacket

Erich Hartmann

Eric Hartmann

Luftwaffe Oberst Erich Hartmann-- nicknamed "The Black Devil" by his Soviet adversaries, was a German fighter pilot during World War II and is the highest-scoring fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare. He claimed 352 aerial victories.He died of natural causes on 20 September 1993.

German WW II ace Erich Hartmann and dog.