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| Name: | Heinrich Gontermann |  | Country: | Germany | Rank: | Leutnant | Squadrons: | FA 25 Jasta 5, 15 | Victories: | 39 | Born: | 25 February 1896 | Place of Birth: | Siegen, Southern Westphalia | Died: | 30 October 1917 |  | Place of Death: | La Neuville, near Marle |
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| | Gontermann began the war in a cavalry regiment but transferred to the German Air Service in 1916. On 10 May 1917, he shot down the Caudron R4 of French ace Didier Grandmaison. Before his death, Gontermann scored eighteen victories against Allied balloons. On the evening of 19 August 1917, he shot down four of them in three minutes. While testing a new Fokker DR.I, Gontermann was fatally injured in a crash when the upper wing failed. |
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