"If you give up on yourself, that's when you've truly lost!"

Name: Hans-Ulrich Rudel Affiliation: Stuka Wing 2 (StG 2) Personal Aircraft: Ju 87 (equipped with 37mm cannons) Aircraft Nickname: Cannon Bird, or Kanonenvogel. Likes: Sports, exercise, sortieing

　

Persona

A Stuka ace pilot who repeats a cycle of drinking milk, sortieing, showering, gymnastics, drinking milk, and sortieing again. He possesses a mind of steel and bottomless stamina, always wearing a carefree smile. Though he has lost partners and mentors, he heads to the front lines today to bomb Soviet tanks.

Heroic Deeds

• Bombed a battleship, leaving it crippled and grounded.
• Performs dive-bombing without dive brakes.
• Shot down enemy fighters despite being in a bomber.
• No matter how many times he is shot down, Rudel alone always returns.
• Has been downed by AA fire, but never once by an enemy fighter.

Sortie Addiction

His obsession with sortieing is pathological.

• Escapes from the hospital to sortie even when injured.
• Forges documents to sortie. (However, it's always discovered because the number of tanks destroyed by unknown sources suddenly spikes.)
• His excuse when caught is: "I was just doing a short test flight."
• When told by the Führer to stop flying, he says: "If I can't sortie, I don't need that medal," and flies anyway.
• Through these actions, he became the first in the Luftwaffe to surpass 1,000 sorties.

Personality

A very friendly individual with a straightforward nature who never wavers once he has decided on something. He never abandons his comrades. Consequently, if a comrade crash-lands, he will perform a forced landing in enemy territory to rescue them. 　 Conclusion———

H E I S I N H U M A N I N M A N Y W A Y S .

　

Rudel's Partners

Alfred Charnobylski Calm and collected, the youngest in the unit and Rudel's first partner. Died in 1941 in a suicide attack on the battleship Kirov along with Rudel's mentor, Captain Steen.

Erwin Hentschel An ace pilot who has been Rudel's partner for a long time. The sane one? Alive.

Rothmann Originally a regular mechanic, but forced to sit behind Rudel as a gunner when manpower is low. The person most dragged around by Rudel's whims. Alive.

Ernst Gadermann A military doctor but a versatile man who can also serve as a gunner. Not exclusively assigned to Rudel. Became friends with Rudel through sports. Alive.

Ernst Niermann A photography enthusiast who will jump out of a trench just to take a picture. Described by Rudel as a jolly man. Alive.