Strike Witches

>Edytha Rossmann
>Currently attached to the 502nd Joint Fighter Wing(502JFW)
>Formerly Karlsland Air Force JG52
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>19 as of 1944; Rank: Flight Sargent; Familiar: Red Fox; Birthday: January 11th.
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>A veteran witch with a lengthy military service record. Despite having a confirmed kill count of less than 100 craft, an oddity for a Karlsland Air Force member, her ability is still evaluated as that of a top ace.
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>She suffered a serious illness in childhood which left her growth stunted; despite being the eldest in the 502nd she has the next smallest build behind Kanno.
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>A girl with a cheerful sort of "face forward" personality, her fighting style is the very essence of cleverness. Because her body can't handle the high-speed maneuvers of dog fighting for an extended period of time it was necessary for her to learn a style that married careful observation of the target to a single decisive blow and followthrough
>escape.?
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>She first met then Pilot Officer Erica Hartmann during her dismal wartime debut.
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>Her teaching skill, thanks to a talent for deftly influencing people meant much of the efforts of instructing new pilots was left up to her, and Erica learned most of the basics of dog fighting under her tutelage.
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>She's brought up a large number of new pilots, drilling them that the one thing a dog fighting ace should rely on was not unpolished nerve or some innate "genius" sense, but rather a reliable combat methodology.???
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>She looks forward to the students she reared herself eventually surpassing her own kill count.
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>She constantly works to defend the new pilots in their unit from Flight Lieutenant Krupinski, saying "...and after what you did to that cutie Hartmann.??". However, it's generally said that this was just bit of half-joking between trusted comrades-in-arms.
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>"What kind of trouble am I going to have to break up today... Hey! You Fake Countess, what do you think you're doing forcing alcohol on that recruit!"