1. Hans Dammers was a German Luftwaffe military aviator during World War II.
15 Facts About Hans Dammers
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On 23 August 1942, Hans Dammers was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for 58 aerial victories claimed.
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Hans Dammers was credited with his 100th aerial victory on 5 May 1943.
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Hans Dammers then served as an instructor with Erganzungs-Jagdgruppe Ost, a supplementary fighter pilot training unit.
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Hans Dammers died on 17 March 1944 in a hospital at Stanislau from wounds sustained in a mid-air collision.
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Hans Dammers was born on 8 December 1913 in Scherpenberg, present-day a borough of Moers, at the time in the Rhine Province of the German Empire.
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The next day, Hans Dammers claimed three aerial victories over MiG-1 fighters in the combat area of Staryi Saltiv on the Donets.
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That day, Hans Dammers became an "ace-in-a-day" for the first time when shot down five Soviet fighter aircraft.
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Hans Dammers continued his successes, shooting down two Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3s on 28 July, and on 6 August 1942 he claimed an Polikarpov I-153 biplane fighter and two LaGG-3s.
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Hans Dammers was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 23 August 1942, nominated after 51 aerial victories.
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On 5 May 1943, Hans Dammers was credited with his 100th aerial victory, claiming two LaGG fighters that day.
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Hans Dammers was the 39th Luftwaffe pilot to achieve the century mark.
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In May 1943, Hans Dammers transferred to Erganzungs-Jagdgruppe Ost, specialized training unit for new fighter pilots destined for the Eastern Front, as an instructor.
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Hans Dammers bailed out but his parachute got caught on his wing.
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Hans Dammers succumbed to his injuries and died in hospital on 17 March 1944 in Stanislau, present-day Ivano-Frankivsk.