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| Name: | Theodor Osterkamp | Country: | Germany | Rank: | Oberleutnant zur See | Service: | Freiwilliges Marine Fliefer Corps | Squadrons: | Marine Feld Jasta I Marine Feld Jasta II | Victories: | 38 | Born: | 15 April 1892 | Place of Birth: | Aschersleben, Prussian Saxony | Died: | 2 January 1975 | Place of Death: | Baden-Baden |
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| | The Prussian army rejected him for health reasons but Osterkamp joined the Freiwilliges Marine Flieger Corps and became the German navy's highest scoring ace. When the war ended, he went east to fight the Bolsheviks. At the age of 43, Osterkamp was back in uniform again, flying for the Luftwaffe. He served in France and Italy, rose to the rank of Generalleutnant and was awarded the Ritterkreuz, Hitler's highest award for valor. |
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