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Theodor Osterkamp [Germany]

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
Ordre Pour le Mérite (Blue Max)
Iron Cross 1st Class
Heinrich Bongartz [Thanks to Carsten Kopke at Arrowsoft Verlag]

Notes
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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