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Ernst Udet [Germany]

Name:Ernst Udet
Country:Germany
Rank:Oberleutnant
Squadrons:FA 68
FAA 206
Kek Habsheim
Jasta 4, 11, 15, 37
Victories:62
Born:26 April 1896
Place of Birth:Frankfurt am Main
Died:17 November 1941
Place of Death:Berlin
Ordre Pour le Mérite (Blue Max)
Knight's Cross with Swords of the Hohenzollern House Order
Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class
Ernst Udet

Notes
Udet entered the German Air Service in 1915. Flying a Fokker D.III, he scored his first victory on 18 March 1916 in a lone attack against 22 French aircraft. Udet was the highest scoring German ace to survive World War I. As a Luftwaffe Quartermaster-General in World War II, Udet got into trouble with the Gestapo and committed suicide. The Nazi authorities claimed he died in an accident while testing a new air weapon. He was buried at Invalidenfriedhof.

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