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Heinrich Kroll [Germany]

Name:Heinrich Claudius Kroll
Country:Germany
Rank:OberleutnantKroll's Insignia
Squadrons:FA 17
Jasta 9, 24
Victories:33
Born:3 November 1894
Place of Birth:Flatsby, Flensberg
Died:21 February 1930
Place of Death:Hamburg
Ordre Pour le Mérite (Blue Max)
Knight's Cross of the Hohenzollern House Order
Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class
Heinrich Kroll [Thanks to Carsten Kopke at Arrowsoft Verlag]

Notes
The son of a school master, Kroll volunteered for service when war was declared. While serving at the front with an infantry regiment, he was awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class, and became a commissioned officer. In 1916 he transferred to the German Air Service. The following year, his fifth victory was over a SPAD S.VII piloted by the French ace René Dorme. Kroll was shot down several times, twice in flames, but he avoided serious injury until 14 August 1918. On that date, his fighter pilot career ended when he was badly wounded in the left shoulder.

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