G.I. Joe DC Comics World War I German Flying Ace Outfit and Accessories 2003

Hans von Hammer was born in 1896, the son of Baron Otto von Hammer and his wife, who died while Hans was still young. Scion of an aristocratic Germany family, Von Hammer came from a long line of distinguished forebears, whose ancestral home was a medieval castle located near the Black Forest. At an early age, his father set about to instill in him a sense of his heritage as a gentleman of honor. He was taught the tradition of personal combat, and became both a highly-skilled marksman and an excellent swordsman.

Hans von Hammer was one of the first to enlist in his country's service during the early days of the First World War. While a cadet at flight training school, von Hammer was provoked into a duel of honor by fellow cadet Heinrich Muller, and received a permanent scar across his left cheek. Graduating from flight school with honors, von Hammer quickly became Rittmeister of his own Jagdstaffel (or hunting squadron) 17, in the German Flying Corps.

An exceptional flyer, with an unparalleled 70+ kills to his record during the course of his career, gaining him the sobriquet of The Human Killing Machine, von Hammer was also a man with a rigid code of morals and honor learned from his father, and he would frequently refuse to shoot an unarmed or wounded foe, feeling that would be murder, not combat. Outwardly, von Hammer projected a cold, uncaring attitude. Indeed, his men termed him "a human killing machine". Though he did possess the killer instinct, or he would not have been such a successful fighter-pilot, he did not enjoy killing, and indeed disliked it. Believing that "the sky is the killer of us all," Hans von Hammer fought with courage and ingenuity.

A highly skilled athlete and hand-to-hand combatant, Hans von Hammer was also expert with pistol and sword, although his greatest skill was in piloting the German fighter planes. His special favorite was his crimson Fokker DR-1, a tri-plane with a 110 horsepower oberusel motor and twin spandau machine guns. The three wings gave it unequaled maneuverability in air-fighting, and with his skilled handling, the machine was highly deadly to opposing planes. Von Hammer was perhaps the finest pilot of his time. with uncanny reflexes and instincts, and an almost inhuman ability to anticipate the actions of hi adversaries in the air.

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