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Wilhelm Batz

1916 - 1988

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Wilhelm Batz (21 May 1916 – 11 September 1988) was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more aircraft during aerial combat. Batz flew 445 combat missions and claimed 237 aircraft shot down; 234 victories were achieved over the Eastern Front, including at least 46 Ilyushin Il-2 ground-attack aircraft. Batz claimed three victories, including one four-engine bomber against the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) over the Ploieşti oil fields. Following the war, he served in the German Air Force of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Batz is the 1,209th most popular military personnel (down from 1,196th in 2019), the 3,022nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,905th in 2019) and the 227th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Wilhelm Batz ranks 1,209 out of 2,058. Before him are Katō Yoshiaki, Matteo I Visconti, Nikolai Linevich, Richard Montgomery, Presian, and William Brown. After him are Stjepan Sarkotić, Johann von Aldringen, Rash Behari Bose, John Basilone, Hasan Salama, and Fritz-Julius Lemp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Wilhelm Batz ranks 116. Before him are Morris West, Frank Parker, Jacques Georges, Unica Zürn, Ramón José Velásquez, and Harold Robbins. After him are Maria Altmann, John Basilone, Paul Halmos, Moondog, Hidetoki Takahashi, and Vladimir Demikhov. Among people deceased in 1988, Wilhelm Batz ranks 96. Before him are Frederick Ashton, Vasil Mzhavanadze, Andy Gibb, Christopher Connelly, Alec Issigonis, and Giorgio Almirante. After him are Raymond Williams, Sewall Wright, Henry Armstrong, Henry Koster, Hal Ashby, and Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Batz ranks 3,024 out of 7,253. Before him are Friedrich August Stüler (1800), Johann Heinrich Schulze (1687), Heidi Brühl (1942), Ricarda Huch (1864), August Heissmeyer (1897), and Otto Hölder (1859). After him are Bruno S. (1932), Martin Winterkorn (1947), Elisa Radziwiłł (1803), Anni Albers (1899), Uli Edel (1947), and Thilo Sarrazin (1945).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Wilhelm Batz ranks 227. Before him are Otto Schniewind (1887), Richard Ruoff (1883), Hajo Herrmann (1913), Adolf Diekmann (1914), Karl Koller (1898), and Hans Joachim von Zieten (1699). After him are Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein (1870), Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg (1684), Friedrich Sixt von Armin (1851), Gustav-Adolf von Zangen (1892), Hans Graf von Sponeck (1888), and Heinrich von Bellegarde (1756).

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