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| Name: | Heinrich Bongartz |  | Country: | Germany | Rank: | Leutnant | Squadrons: | FA 5 Jasta 36 Kasta 27 | Victories: | 33 | Born: | 31 January 1892 | Place of Birth: | Gelsenkirchen, Westphalia | Died: | 23 January 1946 | | Place of Death: | Rheinberg |
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| | A school teacher prior to the war, Bongartz was commissioned at Verdun where he served with an infantry regiment. After transferring to the German Air Service, he was wounded five times before his days as a combat pilot ended. On the last occasion, Bongartz was shot down by an S.E.5a piloted by Clive Glynn. Despite a terrible facial wound which resulted in the loss of his left eye, Bongartz safely landed his Fokker DR.I. |
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