On September 1, 1942, then 22 yr-old 1st Lt. Hans Joachim Marseille went out on three missions from 0750-1753 in his Me Bf 109F-2 and shot-down 17 British and American fighters by himself! This is one of the greatest fighter pilot achievements of all-time only bested by Maj. Emil Lang who shot-down 18 Soviet aircraft in one day on that front. At that time Marseille could take out an aircraft with just 15 rds!!! The intervals of kills for that day: 0820-0839 (4 kills), 1055-1105 (8 kills), and 1745-1753 (5 kills)= 17 kills. All kills were around Imayid. Sadly, he was killed on September 30, 1942 when his ride "Yellow 14" belched fire and smoke into his cockpit from an under-tested engine. He slid the canopy open, inverted the plane, and fell out... but the slipstream crashed his body into the tail and he fell unconscious, never able to open his chute, to his death. A horror to escort 109 pilots. In his year of glory he had flown 388 missions and had a final total of 158 aircraft kills. 27th German Ace but Number 1 against the RAF. He was known as the "Star of Africa". RIP