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Adolf von Tutschek [Germany]

Name:Adolf Ritter von Tutschek
Country:Germany
Rank:Hauptmann
Squadrons:FA 6
Jasta 2, 12
JG 2
Victories:27
Born:16 May 1891
Place of Birth:Ingolstadt, Bavaria
Died:15 March 1918Killed In Action
Place of Death:Near Brancourt
Ordre Pour le Mérite (Blue Max)
Knight's Cross with Swords of the Hohenzollern House Order
Iron Cross 1st Class
Knight's Cross of the Military Order of Max-Joseph
Adolf von Tutschek [Thanks to Carsten Kopke at Arrowsoft Verlag]

Notes
Tutschek's military career began in 1910. During the war, he distinguished himself in combat while serving with the infantry in France and on the Eastern Front. Severely wounded by gas at Verdun, Tutschek was ill for months. When he recovered, he transferred to the German Air Service.

Mid-morning on 15 March 1918, Jasta 12 triplanes tangled with the Royal Flying Corps near Brancourt. Tutscheck, commander of Jagdgeschwader II, was killed when his green Fokker DR.I was shot down by an S.E.5a piloted by Herbert Redler, a South African.

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