Talk:Heinrich Krafft

Latest comment: 7 years ago by Icewhiz in topic Notability

Notability

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Does not meet WP:SOLDIER & sig RS coverage not found: link. Served on the Eastern Front, flying against obsolete / poorly trained Red Air Force, so a high number of enemy aircraft shot down is not remarkable.

No de.wiki article. Please also see a note at MilHist Talk Archives for background behind the redirect. In summary, per the outcome of the discussion at Notability:People on notability of Knight's Cross recipients: permalink, certain recipients were deemed non notable and WP:SOLDIER has been modified accordingly: diff. The articles of these recipients are being redirected to alphabetical lists. K.e.coffman (talk) 23:28, 24 February 2017 (UTC)Reply

Notable due to his status as a Flying ace with a high claimed kills counts. As you can see in List of World War II flying aces - flyers with a much smaller kill count have articles - with the notability being their kill count and nothing else. Being an aerial ace (with a significant count for a particular conflict - 5 would be borderline for WWII, but would confer significance in any other conflict - mid-double digits and up for WWII is clearly significant). notable per SOLDIER: " Played an important role in a significant military event such as a major battle or campaign" - kill counts of these magnitude are a significant material and personnel (aviation - expensive to train) advantage.Icewhiz (talk) 10:12, 23 April 2017 (UTC)Reply