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Originally Posted by DayGlow
Many WWII pilots have reported they hear enemy aircraft. Not only did they great sight, but there sense of hearing was amazing.
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Not sure what the word 'many' means. Anyway, if there were indeed many WWII pilots who had been able to hear enemy aircraft, Erich Hartmann, the man with 352 air victories, would have been the top fraud in air combat history, instead of the top ace.
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Unlike Hans-Joachim Marseille, who was a marksman and expert in the art of deflection shooting, Hartmann was a master of stalk-and-ambush tactics. By his own account, he was convinced that 80% of the pilots he downed did not even realize what hit them.
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"I opened fire when the whole windshield was black with the enemy…at minimum range…it doesn’t matter what your angle is to hit or whether you are in a turn or any other maneuver. "
— Erich Hartmann
Obviously, if Hartmann's aircraft could be heard by the pilot he was stalking, he would never have got so close to his victim - secretly.