Luftwaffe Ace, Johannes "Mackey" Steinhoff, signed photo collection

Post war photo of Steinhoff who was severely burned in an Me262 take off accident. Steinhoff's Me-262 suffered a tire blow-out, crashing on take-off. Steinhoff suffered severe burns (spending two years in hospital) which left him visibly scarred despite years of reconstructive surgery. His eyelids were rebuilt by a British surgeon after the war.









His wartime record was 176 aircraft claimed destroyed, of which 152 were on the Eastern front, 12 on the Western front and 12 in the Mediterranean. He destroyed 6 while flying the Me-262. He also flew 993 operational sorties. During his career as a fighter pilot, Steinhoff was shot down 12 times, but had to bail out only once.

 

hate to say it but his total scores with the 262 is debateable, and hey what is he signing a 361st fg pic of Mustangs for ?

 

Fighter plane burns always make me cringe >.<