German pilots recently deceased
 

Hi,

According to a Wehrmacht Awards Forum topic on Ritterkreuzt^¨ager, the following pilots had passed away:


Major HORST Freiherr von GROTE
* 12.05.1912
+ 5.06.2008
RK 21.07.1940 as Staffelkapitän 4./ (S) LG 2


Oberleutnant HEINRICH MEYER
*26.01.1919
+15.03.2008
RK 15.10.1942 as Beobachter I./KG 2


Major KARL RAMMELT
*10.06.1914
+13.05.2009
RK 20.10.1944 as Kommandeur II./ JG 51 "Mölders"

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Hauptmann ARTUR PIPAN
* 05.12.1919 Velden (Austria)
+ 01.08.2009 Klagenfurt (Austria)
Knight's Cross on April 6th, 1944 as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitän 5./StukaG 1

From 1956 until 01.01.1982 served in the Austrian Armed Forces, reaching the rank of Brigadier and Kommandeur des Flieger-Regiments 2.

http://www.luftwaffe39-45.historia.n...ases/pipan.jpg

Re: German pilots recently deceased
 

Its so sad and I m so sorry for that pilots. Pilots life is so tough and hard. They live dangerous life and their life is always in danger. I pray to God may they rest in peace.

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Another ace passed away:

WOLFGANG SCHENCK
* 07.02.1913 Windhuk/Südwestafrika
+ 05.03.2010
Ritterkreuz am: 14.08.1941 als: Oberleutnant
Funktion: Staffelkapitän 1./SKG 210
139. Eichenlaub am: 30.10.1942 als Hauptmann
Funktion: Kommandeur I./ZG 1