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Ганс-У́льрих Рýдель (нем. Hans-Ulrich Rudel; 2 июля 1916 — 18 декабря 1982) — самый результативный пилот пикирующего бомбардировщика Ю-87 «Штука» в годы Второй мировой войны. Единственный кавалер полного банта Рыцарского креста: с золотыми дубовыми листьями, мечами и бриллиантами (с 29 декабря 1944). Единственный иностранец, награждённый высшей наградой Венгрии, Золотой медалью за доблесть. По количеству наград Руделя превзошёл только Герман Геринг. Убеждённый национал-социалист, никогда не критиковал Адольфа Гитлера.

С 1948 года жил в Аргентине. Затем перебрался в Швейцарию. Умер в Розенхайме, похоронен в Дорнхаузене.[2]

Родился 2 июля 1916 года в Конрадшвальдау, в Силезии (теперь село Гженды в Нижнесилезском воеводстве Польши). В школе учился плохо, но имел достижения в спорте. В 1936 году окончил школу и поступил на обучение в Люфтваффе, в школу кадетов.

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Rudel was born on 2 July 1916, in Konradswaldau, in Prussia. He was the third child of Lutheran minister Johannes Rudel.[3] As a boy, Rudel was a poor scholar, but a keen sportsman. Rudel attended the humanities oriented Gymnasium, in Lauban.

While Rudel had been interned, his family fled from the advancing Red Army and had found refuge with Gadermann's parents in Wuppertal. Rudel was released in April 1946 and went into private business.[30] In 1948, he emigrated to Argentina via the ratlines, travelling via the Austrian Zillertal to Italy. In Rome, with the help of South Tyrolean smugglers, and aided by the Austrian bishop Alois Hudal, he bought himself a fake Red Cross passport with the cover name "Emilio Meier", and took a flight from Rome to Buenos Aires, where he arrived on 8 June 1948.[31][32]

Rudel was married three times. His 1942 marriage to Ursula, nicknamed "Hanne", produced two sons, Hans-Ulrich and Siegfried. They divorced in 1950. According to the news magazine Der Spiegel, one reason for the divorce was that his wife had sold some of his decorations, including the Oak Leaves with Diamonds, to an American collector, but she also refused to move to Argentina.[59] On 27 March 1951, Der Spiegel published Ursula Rudel's denial of selling his decorations, and further stated she had no intention of doing so.[60] Rudel married his second wife, Ursula née Daemisch in 1965. The marriage produced his third son, Christoph, born in 1969.[61] Rudel survived a stroke on 26 April 1970.[62] Following his divorce in 1977, he married Ursula née Bassfeld.[61]