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| Name: | Heinrich Claudius Kroll | Country: | Germany | Rank: | Oberleutnant |  | 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 |
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| | 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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