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Dittmann, Gerhard (NJG 1)

Date of birth:
December 16th, 1922 (Essen, Germany)
Date of death:
August 18th, 1943 (Marrum, Netherlands)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Ysselsteyn
Plot: AR. Row: 4. Grave: 77.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

25.07.1943: Leutnant, Stab, IV. Gruppe, NJG 1, 1st victory, a B-17 into the North Sea North West of Vlieland
26.07.1943: Leutnant, 12. Staffel, NJG 1, 2nd victory, a B-17 into the sea near Helgoland
17.08.1943-18.08.1943: Leutnant, 12./ NJG 1, KIA when his Bf 110 G-4 Werknummer 5.479 coded 'G9+FZ' was shot down North of Marrum, North East of Drachten, The Netherlands by a Beaufighter of 141 Sqdn piloted by F/O H.E.White and Radar Oper F/O M.S.Allan while opposing the British air raid on Peenemunde
His R/O, Uffz Theophil Bundschuh (o18.12.1922) was also KIA
28.09.1943: Uffz Theophil Bundschuh's body washed ashore on isle of Mando
04.10.1943: Uffz Theophil Bundschuh's burial at Fovrfelt/Forfeldt Cemetery
Pilot credited with 2 victories

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