Date of birth:

May 11th, 1920 (Saalfeld/Easternprussia, Germany)

Date of death:

January 7th, 1995 (Eutin, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Over the course of 360 missions, including 240 low level attacks, Kroschinski destroyed (among other things) 2 tanks, 1 gunboat on Lake Ladoga, 2 MTBs in the Gulf of Finland and 76 aircraft.

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