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Re: Heinz Marquardt and Kurt Tanzer
This is what DeZeng and Stankey say about Kurt Tanzer:
TANZER, Kurt. (DOB: 01.11.20 in Moscow /USSR (or Reichenberg?)). (R, DKG). 1940 entered the Luftwaffe. 18.03.42 assigned to 12./JG 51 on completion of training. 02.08.42 Gefr., 12./JG 51.
13.09.42 Uffz., 12./JG 51. 16.12.42 Uffz., 12./JG 51. 05.01.43 Uffz., 12./JG 51. 06.01.43 Fw., 12./JG 51. 15.02.43 awarded Ehrenpokal. 10.04.43 Fw., 12./JG 51. 06.05.43 Ofw., 12./JG 51 severely WIA -Fw 190 A-4 (Blue 7) damaged in combat with Il-2s S of Orel. 24.06.43 Fw., awarded DKG, 12./JG 51.
11.43 returned to operations following convalescence and assigned to Stabsstaffel/JG 51. 05.12.43 Ofw.,
awarded Ritterkreuz for prior service in 12./JG 51. 1944 trf to JFS 6. 06.44 trf to Stab/Jagdfliegerführer 6 and then Jagdfliegerführer Ostpreussen. 02.45 promo to Lt.d.R. 10.02.45 Lt., appt Staka 13./JG 51.
02.05.45 Lt., 13./JG 51 lost Fw 190 D-9 (White 1). Credited with 723 combat missions and 143 air victories (perhaps only 128?). Post war worked in a chemical factory. 16.06.57 joined the Bundesluftwaffe and was a Major by 1960. †25.06.60 in a T-33 crash in the Baleric Islands in the westernMediterranean during bad weather.
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