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Günther Lützow

1912 - 1945

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Günther Lützow (4 September 1912 – 24 April 1945) was a German Luftwaffe aviator and fighter ace credited with 110 enemy aircraft shot down in over 300 combat missions. Apart from five victories during the Spanish Civil War, most of his claimed victories were over the Eastern Front in World War II. He also claimed 20 victories over the Western Front, including two victories—one of which was a four-engined bomber—flying the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter. Born in Kiel, Lützow volunteered for military service in the Reichswehr of the Weimar Republic in 1931. In parallel, he was accepted for flight training with the Deutsche Verkehrsfliegerschule, a covert military-training organization, and at the Lipetsk fighter-pilot school. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Günther Lützow is the 1,150th most popular military personnel (down from 1,057th in 2019), the 2,896th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,567th in 2019) and the 214th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Günther Lützow ranks 1,150 out of 2,058. Before him are Wilhelm Brückner, Yitzhak Hofi, Nicolas Luckner, Piet Cronjé, Hans Cramer, and Ludwig Kübler. After him are Tōdō Takatora, Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud, Alexander von Linsingen, Shurahbil ibn Hasana, Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon, and Walter Krupinski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Günther Lützow ranks 146. Before him are Maria Montez, Boris Kidrič, Jacques Bergier, Domingos da Guia, Naoto Tajima, and Pierre Grimal. After him are Laurean Rugambwa, Richard Carlson, Ichiji Otani, Feroze Gandhi, Vladimir Bakarić, and Romain Maes. Among people deceased in 1945, Günther Lützow ranks 193. Before him are Ignacio Zuloaga, Petar Bojović, Julius Leber, Isamu Chō, Jerome Kern, and Jüri Uluots. After him are Mihail Sebastian, Walter Hohmann, Johannes Popitz, Emil von Reznicek, Emmanuel Foulon, and Augustín Malár.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Günther Lützow ranks 2,898 out of 7,253. Before him are Charles II, Duke of Brunswick (1804), Franz von Paula Schrank (1747), Julius Klaproth (1783), Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1773), Ludwig Kübler (1889), and Gertrude of Süpplingenburg (1115). After him are Ernst Hartert (1859), Oskar Barnack (1879), Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1865), Alexander von Linsingen (1850), Hans Robert Jauss (1921), and Edzard II, Count of East Frisia (1532).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Günther Lützow ranks 214. Before him are Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt (1669), Carl Hilpert (1888), Wilhelm Brückner (1884), Nicolas Luckner (1722), Hans Cramer (1896), and Ludwig Kübler (1889). After him are Alexander von Linsingen (1850), Johanna Wolf (1900), Wolfgang Lotz (1921), Bruno Lüdke (1908), Ulrich Graf (1878), and Albrecht Brandi (1914).

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