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    Walter Nowotny (7 December 1920 – 8 November 1944) was an Austrian-born fighter ace of the Luftwaffe in World War II. He is credited with 258 aerial victories—that...
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  • player Walter Nowotny (1920–1944), German fighter pilot Waltraud Nowotny, a fictional character from Strike Witches Jagdgeschwader 7 Nowotny, German...
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  • created and first commanded by Walter Nowotny, from whom it drew its name. Kommando Nowotny (Kdo. Nowotny—Commando Nowotny) was formed on 26 September 1944...
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  • December 1941. In October 1942, Schnörrer became the wingman of his friend Walter Nowotny. In November 1943, he was severely wounded after he was shot down. After...
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    claimed many of their kills while flying it, including Otto Kittel, Walter Nowotny and Erich Rudorffer. The Fw 190 had greater firepower than the Bf 109...
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    victories). Notable pilot aces (Experten) that flew with JG 54 included Walter Nowotny, Walter Boerner,Otto Kittel, Hans-Ekkehard Bob, Max-Hellmuth Ostermann,...
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  • Jagdgeschwader 7 (JG 7) Nowotny was a Luftwaffe fighter wing during World War II and the first operational jet fighter unit in the world. It was created...
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    execution by firing squad at Dachau concentration camp "I'm on fire." — Walter Nowotny, Second World War German fighter ace (8 November 1944), crashing due...
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    fighter aces flew the Fw 190, including Otto Kittel with 267 victories, Walter Nowotny with 258, and Erich Rudorffer with 222 claimed. A great many of their...
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    of 1943 Rall had achieved over 250, the second flier to do so after Walter Nowotny did in October 1943. In April 1944 Rall left JG 52 and the Eastern Front...
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    Stopford. Major Walter Nowotny was assigned as commander after the death of Thierfelder in July 1944, and the unit redesignated Kommando Nowotny. Essentially...
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  • out of disciplinary reasons. His three-roommates at the school were Walter Nowotny, Paul Galland, the brother of Adolf Galland, and Peter Göring, a nephew...
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    Max Stotz claimed ten Soviet aircraft shot down on 30 December 1942. Walter Nowotny, the first fighter pilot to claim 250 aerial victories, twice shot down...
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    and again three Yak-7 fighters on 28 April. Barkhorn thus surpassed Walter Nowotny who at the time was credited with 256 aerial victories. On 25 May, Barkhorn...
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    Kleinheisterkamp August Krakau Hans Kreysing Karl von Le Suire Fanni Luukkonen Walter Nowotny Friedrich Paulus Georg Radziej Elisabeth Rehn Herbert Rieckhoff August...
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    composer Karl Eugen Neumann (1865–1915), European pioneer of Buddhism Walter Nowotny (1920–1944), World War II Luftwaffe pilot Georg Wilhelm Pabst (1885–1967)...
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  • School) in Wien-Schwechat where he befriended Walter Nowotny. At the JFS 5, his roommates were Nowotny, Walter Krupinski, and Peter Göring, a nephew of the...
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  • ISBN 978-1-903223-91-8. Braatz, Kurt [in German] (2010). Walter Krupinski – Jagdflieger, Geheimagent, General [Walter Krupinski – Fighter Pilot, Secret Agent, General]...
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    Walter Nowotny (7 December 1920 – 8 November 1944) was an Austrian-born fighter ace of the Luftwaffe in World War II. He is credited with 258 aerial victories—that...
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    ace Walter Nowotny took off with a force of Me 262s in an overcast to engage a USAAF raid. Galland listened over the radio then watched as Nowotny's aircraft...
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  • 267 Top Focke-Wulf Fw 190 ace Killed in action on 16 February 1945. Walter Nowotny †  Germany Luftwaffe 258 Double-ace in a day on two different occasions...
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  • 1943, Rademacher joined Schwarm, flight of four aircraft, headed by Walter Nowotny, the most successful fighter pilot team in the Luftwaffe. In September...
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    15-MFregattenkapitän Commander of U-181 9 August 1943 Killed 14 May 1945 8 Walter Nowotny Luftwaffe 14-LHauptmann Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Jagdgeschwader 54...
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    Jagdgeschwader 7 "Nowotny" (JG 7—7th Fighter Wing) "Nowotny" was the first operational jet fighter wing in the world and was named after Walter Nowotny, who was...
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  • Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1879) 1944 – Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (b. 1920) 1945 – August von Mackensen...
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  • joined Walter Nowotny, his wingman Karl Schnörrer, and Rudolf Rademacher, forming a team known as the "chain of devils" (Teufelskette) or the Nowotny Schwarm...
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    Scott Speicher Stanisław Skalski Tetsuzō Iwamoto Władysław Turowicz Walter Nowotny Werner Mölders Rashid Minhas Abhinandan Varthaman Yekaterina Budanova...
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    his students became some of the most successful aces of World War II: Walter Nowotny (258 victories) and Hans-Joachim Marseille (158 victories). Their ability...
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    him so that he was unable to open his parachute. Hans-Joachim "Jochen" Walter Rudolf Siegfried Marseille was born to Charlotte (maiden name: Charlotte...
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    Walter "Gulle" Oesau (28 June 1913 – 11 May 1944) was a German fighter pilot during World War II. A fighter ace, he served in the Luftwaffe from 1934 until...
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