Max-Hellmuth Ostermann was a Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II.
11 Facts About Max-Hellmuth Ostermann
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Max-Hellmuth Ostermann is credited with 102 enemy aircraft shot down claimed in over 300 combat missions.
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Max-Hellmuth Ostermann participated in the Battle of France and Britain before transferring east.
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Max-Hellmuth Ostermann became the sixth fighter pilot in aviation history to achieve 100 aerial victories on the Eastern Front for which he was awarded Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords.
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Max-Hellmuth Ostermann's father was a civil servant in the justice department.
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Max-Hellmuth Ostermann was appointed the commander of a Rotte, an element of two aircraft, with Unteroffizier Fritz Marcks as his wingman.
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The French pilot was observed to bail out with Max-Hellmuth Ostermann managing to make a safe landing.
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In return Max-Hellmuth Ostermann's wingman was shot down and made a forced landing at Bexhill.
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From 5 November to 5 December 1941, Max-Hellmuth Ostermann temporarily led 3.
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Back home, on his way to his wedding ceremony, Max-Hellmuth Ostermann was arrested and put in jail.
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Max-Hellmuth Ostermann himself was hit in the right arm and upper thigh.