Rall, Gen. Gunther b. March 10, 1918 d. October 4, 2009 World War II German Air Ace. Flying 621 combat missions in his Messerschmitt Bf 109, he shot-down 275 aircraft, then went on to command the post-war West German Air Force. Born in the Black Forest region, he was raised in Stuttgart from the age of three. After graduation from high school, he joined the army in 1936, intending a career in infantry; while at the War College in Dresden, however, a friend persuaded him to apply for flight training. Rall qualified as a pilot in 1938, and was...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford) Friedhof Salzburgerstrasse, Bad Reichenhall, Berchtesgadener Land, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany