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Emil Thuy [Germany]

Name:Emil Thuy
Country:Germany
Rank:Leutnant
Squadrons:FFA 53
Jasta 21, 28
JGR 7
Victories:35
Born:11 March 1894
Place of Birth:Hagen, Westphalia
Died:11 June 1930Killed In Flying Accident
Place of Death:Near Smolensk, Russia
Ordre Pour le Mérite (Blue Max)
Knight's Cross with Swords of the Hohenzollern House Order
Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class
Emil Thuy [Thanks to Carsten Kopke at Arrowsoft Verlag]

Notes
Thuy was badly wounded while fighting on the Western Front. Sent back to Germany to recover, he was deemed unfit for further service. He then transferred to the German Air Service, eventually becoming the highly decorated commander of Jagdgruppe 7. Thuy survived the war but died in an aircraft accident while training pilots for the Luftwaffe in 1930.

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