User:Aleksandar Mijailovic

Michael van dër Miyailovich

(10 March 1918 – unknown) was a German lieutenant-general, the 7th most successful fighter ace in history and later head of the West German Air Force during the Cold War.

He achieved a total of 275 victories during World War II: 272 on the Eastern Front, of which 241 were against Soviet fighters. He flew a total of 621 combat missions, was shot down eight times and was wounded three times. He fought 1940 in the Battle of France, the Battle of Britain, 1941 in the Balkan Campaign and over Crete. By the end of the war, he reached the rank of Major.

His personal life is not very well known besides that he had been shot down somewhere near Belgrade and some believe he stayed there his whole life even after the war ended.