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Wenning, Wolfgang

Date of birth:
November 27th, 1922 (Speyer/Bavaria, Germany)
Date of death:
April 27th, 1944 (over Rugby/Warwickshire, Great Britain)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Cannock Chase
Plot: 3. Row: 3. Grave: 78.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Wollfgang Wenning was killed together with his observer Gustav Delp when his Messerschmitt Me 410 (9K + ZP) of II. / Kampfgeschwader 51 collided with the Airspeed Oxford LX196 piloted by P/O Gregor Stephen Moore.

Victories:
Stab II. / Kampfgeschwader 51:
12 april 1944: 00.42hrs, B-17G 42-97556 96BG/413BS;
19 april 1944: 03.47hrs, 115 Sqn Lancaster LL867;
21 april 1944: 05.10hrs, P-47 7 (P)AFU Magister II;
22 april 1944: 22.05uur, 2nd BD B-24, unidentified.

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