Pictured above is the mottled gray "Gustav", Me-109G flown by Erich Hartmann, the greatest Ace that ever lived. Hartmann flew 1,425 missions in 2 ? years, fought in more than 800 battles, parachuted to safety once, crash landed 15 times and achieved 352 aerial victories. He was captured by the Soviets near the end of the War where he spent 10 years in a prison.