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| Name: | Fritz Otto Bernert | Country: | Germany | Rank: | Oberleutnant | Squadrons: | Feldflieger Abteilung 27, 71 Kek Vaux Jasta 2, 4, 6 | Victories: | 27 | Born: | 6 March 1893 | Place of Birth: | Ratibor, Upper Silesia | Died: | 18 October 1918 | | Place of Death: | Ratibor, Upper Silesia |
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| | The son of a Burghermeister, Otto Bernert was in the infantry when the war began. Wounded on several occasions, he eventually transferred to the German Air Service as an observer. The following year, despite the bayonet wound that rendered his left arm useless, Bernert became a pilot. On 24 April 1917, he set a record by shooting down five British aircraft in less than 30 minutes. In June, Bernert became commander of Jasta 2 (Jasta Boelcke) but two months later, he was wounded again and his days as a fighter pilot came to an end. Bernert died from influenza the following year. |
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