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Gutsche, Walter (Aufklärungsgruppe 13)

Date of birth:
March 17th, 1920
Date of death:
May 13th, 1944 (Vis, Sveti Andrija)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Cassino
Plot: 6. Grave: 204.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

13.04.1942: Oberfeldwebel, 1.(H)/ Aufklärungsgruppe 13, Hs 126 B-1 Werknummer 3042 hit by antiaircraft fire at Ramushevo, Novgorod Oblast, Russia, Bordschütze not identified
13.05.1944: Oberfeldwebel, 2./ NAGr-12, KIA when Bf 109G-6 Werknummer 162.040 coded "Schwarze 5" was shot down by a Spitfire of 32th Squadron near Vis, North West of Sveti Andrija (St Andrew) Island, Croatia - bailed out but parachute failed to open
Burried in the German War Cemetery at Cassino, Italy - his remains are located on the opposite side of the Adriatic Sea

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:
x. Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe x, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
January 1st, 1945
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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