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Returning home from a movie one evening, Alfred and another boy trailed along forty yards or so behind Erich and the main body of the Glider Gang. Members of the Bicycle Gang waiting in concealment sprang out of the shadows, seized Alfred and his pal, and spirited them off to their hideaway. Another member of the Glider Gang who was bringing up the rear, saw the kidnapping. He followed his the kidnappers and then ran after the Glider Gang for help."The Bicycle Gang has Alfred--they've got him in the old barn and they're going to beat him up."
Hard-sprinting Erich quickly outstripped the Glider Gang as he ran to the rescue. He hit the barn doors at full tilt, smashing them open. Bursting into the barn, he confronted the shocked Bicycle Gang. There were fourteen of them. They had Alfred and his friend tied to a post. Erich snatched up a jack handle from the barn floor and started swinging.
"Get out! Get out! All of you. Before I whack you with this."
The blue eyes were like burning pinpoints as he advanced on his foes, swinging the jack handle in a wide arc. The Bicycle Gang broke and ran, bolting out of the barn for their lives as Erich, triumphant and panting, untied his grateful brother. In later years, the same fearless quality burning in the man who would make him victorious over others who outnumbered him. He was a boy who tackled life head-on.
Excerpt from The Blond Knight of Germany: A Biography of Erich Hartmann by Raymond F. Toliver and Trevor J. Constable
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