Johannes Steinhoff, German general and pilot (born 1913)

Johannes Steinhoff

German general and fighter pilot during World War II (1913–1994)

Johannes "Macky" Steinhoff was a Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II, German general, and NATO official. He was one of very few Luftwaffe pilots who survived to fly operationally through the whole of the war period 1939–45 until he was severely burned during a failed…