Hartmann Grasser (23 August 1914 – 2 June 1986) was a World War IIGermanfighter ace. He was credited with shooting down 103 Allied aircraft while flying 700 missions on the Western Front (8 victories), Eastern Front (83 victories), and in North Africa (12 victories.) He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (German:Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.
Early life
Grasser was born on 23 August 1914 in Graz, Steiermark, Austria. After he received his Abitur he started studying medicine, however, due to political reasons, he was forced to leave Austria. Austrian National Socialism had been suppressed under the rule of Engelbert Dollfuss in 1934. He was trained at the Naval School in Neustadt and at the flying sports school at Rossitten, followed by six months at the Johannisthal flying school. Grasser then joined the Luftwaffe with the rank of Fahnenjunker (cadet) on 1 April 1936.
Las Vegas. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has won the third and final presidential debate with her Republican rival Donald Trump by an impressive 13 percentage points after a feisty fight, according to a latest poll. Overall 52 per cent of those who watched the debate said Clinton did the best job, while 39 per cent said Trump was the winner, CNN said, releasing the results of its unscientific poll ... Read ... ....
“May I show you a picture?”. That was the question posed to Syrian PresidentBashar Assad in an interview with Swiss media released this week. “Of course,” Assad replies. At this point, the pair had spoken for nine minutes. Assad blamed the armed opposition (his name for them ... The interviewer reaches into his pocket ... 17 after local medical personnel said an airstrike destroyed his family’s home ... Dr ... ....
BEIJING (AP) — Philippine PresidentRodrigo Duterte announced that his country is separating from the U.S. in a speech before a Beijing economic forum on Thursday, after handing China a major diplomatic victory, agreeing to resume dialogue on their South... ....
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On visit to China, Filippino leader repeated his denunciation of Barack Obama as a ‘son of a whore’. PresidentRodrigo Duterte met with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping Thursday, state media said, as the Philippines’ leader seeks closer ties with the Asian giant while blasting his US allies. Duterte is in China for a four-day trip that is expected to confirm his tilt away from Washington and towards Beijing’s sphere of influence ... ....
German photographer Bernhard Hartmann has encapsulated the old world charm of the Cuban capital in a stunning new photography book simply entitled, Havana... ....
(Source. Cargill Inc). 4,005 hectares of company-owned land at PT. Poliplant Sejahtera now RSPO certified. Additional 7,500 hectares of smallholder land on track for RSPO certification in 2017 ...JohnHartmann, chief executive officer, CargillTropical Palm Holdings Pte Ltd, said, 'The well-being of the neighboring village communities, our employees and the environment are most important to Cargill ... Hindoli (South Sumatra) in 2009, PT ... ....
(Source. Cargill Inc).Share this..Google + Yammer. ... The CargillFireFreeVillageProgram comprises two core elements ...JohnHartmann, chief executive officer of Cargill Tropical Palm Holdings Pte Ltd, said, 'The Cargill Fire Free Village Program empowers local village communities around our plantations with the skills and confidence to take on a nation-wide haze crisis which has affected them, their children and their families ... ... (noodl....
As covered extensively here in the Houston Press , former Texans punter Brett Hartmann sued SMG and Harris County in November 2012 following a career-ending knee injury he suffered in 2011 when his foot was allegedly pinned in a groove between two pallets ... "However, there's a big difference between DeMeco's case and the one I handled [for Hartmann] — DeMeco has sued the NFL, and he sued the Texans....
PaulHartmann AG) Melina Challapa Targara is the sole nurse responsible for overseeing the health centre that serves 120 families in one of the poorest and hardest-to-reach areas in Bolivia - the Challa K'asa Communidad of Norte Potosí...Véronique Fleury, a certified mid-wife and area sales manager with IVFHARTMANN AG in Switzerland, will provide best practices on hygiene and sanitation to local health care professionals....
DCT), a leading industrial real estate company, today announced the appointment of Tobias (Tobi) Hartmann to its Board of Directors, effective October 31, 2016 ...DCT Industrial Trust® Appoints Tobias Hartmann to Its Board of Directors (Photo ... Hartmann brings more than a decade of experience in developing, launching and operating e-commerce products and solutions, both for private and public companies....
The research, published in the international journal Chemosphere, was led by UWA's internationally renowned human lactation researcher Emeritus ProfessorPeterHartmann, Dr DonnaGeddes and Murdoch's Associate ProfessorRobert Trengove ...ProfessorHartmann said breastfeeding mothers should feel reassured by the findings and not be concerned about pesticides passing through their milk to their babies....
The research, published in the international journal Chemosphere, was led by UWA's internationally renowned human lactation researcher Emeritus ProfessorPeterHartmann, Dr DonnaGeddes and Murdoch's Associate ProfessorRobert Trengove ...ProfessorHartmann said breastfeeding mothers should feel reassured by the findings and not be concerned about pesticides passing through their milk to their babies....
By Linda Lam and Jon Erdman for Weather.com. Record-breaking warmth has gripped parts of the Plains the last couple of days, and this heat will continue to spread to the East Coast through midweek. For some locations, October will feel more like late summer thanks to this taste of "Indian Summer." ... Record-Breaking October Heat...Records date back to the late 1800s in the southwestern Kansas city ... 15, 1957 ... REUTERS/ChristianHartmann ... Up Next....