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Fritz Otto Bernert [Germany]

Name:Fritz Otto Bernert
Country:Germany
Rank:Oberleutnant
Squadrons:Feldflieger Abteilung 27, 71
Kek Vaux
Jasta 2, 4, 6
Victories:27
Born:6 March 1893
Place of Birth:Ratibor, Upper Silesia
Died:18 October 1918
Place of Death:Ratibor, Upper Silesia
Ordre Pour le Mérite (Blue Max)
Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class
Fritz Otto Bernert [Thanks to Carsten Kopke at Arrowsoft Verlag]

Notes
The son of a Burghermeister, Otto Bernert was in the infantry when the war began. Wounded on several occasions, he eventually transferred to the German Air Service as an observer. The following year, despite the bayonet wound that rendered his left arm useless, Bernert became a pilot. On 24 April 1917, he set a record by shooting down five British aircraft in less than 30 minutes. In June, Bernert became commander of Jasta 2 (Jasta Boelcke) but two months later, he was wounded again and his days as a fighter pilot came to an end. Bernert died from influenza the following year.

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