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Knaak, Wolfgang (Kampfgeschwader 2)

Date of birth:
November 12th, 1918 (Braunschweig/Braunschweig, Germany)
Date of death:
July 24th, 1944 (Melsbroek/Brabant, Belgium)
Nationality:
German

Biography

Unteroffizier Wolfgang Knaak was the Flugzeugführer of Dornier Do 217, Wnr. 722.970, 1. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 2, which crashed during a landing at Flugplatz Melsbroek on July 24th, 1944. All foru crew members, Flugzeugführer Unteroffizier Wolfgang Knaak, Bordmechaniker Unteroffizier Walter Kramer, Beobachter Unteroffizier Arnold Wagner and Bordfunker Unteroffizier Herbert Bär, were killed in the crash.

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