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Gordon Gollob

1912 - 1987

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Gordon Gollob (16 June 1912 – 7 September 1987) was an Austrian fighter pilot during World War II. A fighter ace, he was credited with 150 enemy aircraft shot down in over 340 combat missions. Gollob claimed the majority of his victories over the Eastern Front, and six over the Western Front. Gollob volunteered for military service in the Austrian Armed Forces in 1933. In March 1938, following the Anschluss, the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany, Gollob was transferred to the Luftwaffe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gordon Gollob is the 727th most popular military personnel (down from 700th in 2019), the 396th most popular biography from Austria (down from 389th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Austrian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Gordon Gollob ranks 727 out of 2,058. Before him are Domnica, Heinz Harmel, Taira no Masakado, Arnold Jackson, Hans Langsdorff, and Stepa Stepanović. After him are Nobutake Kondō, Seiichi Itō, Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary, Raoul Salan, Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, and Werner Ostendorff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Gordon Gollob ranks 103. Before him are Chaïm Perelman, Nereo Rocco, Jacques Ellul, Jiří Trnka, Yuen Siu-tien, and Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark. After him are Michel Debré, Barbara W. Tuchman, Arne Næss, Samuel Fuller, Isidro Lángara, and Igor Markevitch. Among people deceased in 1987, Gordon Gollob ranks 57. Before him are Randolph Scott, Einar Gerhardsen, Federico Mompou, Eugen Jochum, Liberace, and Will Sampson. After him are Mahadevi Varma, Camille Chamoun, Bob Fosse, Geraldine Page, Peter Medawar, and Carlos José Castilho.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Gordon Gollob ranks 396 out of 1,424. Before him are Emilie Louise Flöge (1874), Theodor Körner (1873), Eduard Roschmann (1908), Leopold Fitzinger (1802), Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy (1714), and Christine Kaufmann (1945). After him are Wirich Philipp von Daun (1669), Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg (1902), Hermine Braunsteiner (1919), Mizzi Kaspar (1864), Hieronymus von Colloredo (1732), and Marlen Haushofer (1920).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Austria

Among military personnels born in Austria, Gordon Gollob ranks 22. Before him are Matthäus Hetzenauer (1924), Franz Böhme (1885), Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (1614), Karl Silberbauer (1911), Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria (1872), and Eduard Roschmann (1908). After him are Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg (1638), Sylvester Stadler (1910), Maximilian Grabner (1905), Augustín Malár (1894), Georg von Derfflinger (1606), and Erwin von Lahousen (1897).

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