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Gunther Rall, who attained 275 confirmed aerial victories,
was the third highest scoring ace of all time. In Stan's dramatic
painting Rall is about to have a mid-air collision with a Lagg-5
during the Battle of Kursk on the Eastern Front. Rall would survive
this collision and continue to chalk-up victories until the end
of the war. Rall flew about 800 combat missions and missed nearly
a year of flying when he suffered a broken back. |