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Kurt Wüsthoff [Germany]

Name:Kurt Wüsthoff
Country:Germany
Rank:Leutnant
Squadrons:Jasta 4, 15
Kampfgeshwader 1
Victories:27
Born:27 January 1897
Place of Birth:Aachen
Died:23 July 1926
Place of Death:Dresden
Ordre Pour le Mérite (Blue Max)
Knight's Cross with Swords of the Hohenzollern House Order
Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class
Kurt Wüsthoff [Thanks to Carsten Kopke at Arrowsoft Verlag]

Notes
After scoring 27 victories, Wüsthoff was captured on 17 June 1918. Overwhelmed by three S.E.5a's and a Sopwith Dolphin, his Fokker D.VII was forced down near Cachy by members of 23 and 24 Squadrons. Credited with the victory were Canadian ace George Johnson, English ace Ian McDonald, South African ace Horace Barton and C.E. Walton.

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