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Ottomar Kruse
| Unteroffizier Ottomar Kruse (deceased) Pilot, 8./JG26. Having started flying prior to the war, he was appointed as an flight instructor, but risked a court martial in turning down this appointment, in favour of becoming a fighter pilot. On 18th August 1944 Kruse landed at a race-track with combat damage, and was told by a Labour Service officer he was in Arras. During one mission, he scored two confirmed victories, earning him the Iron Cross. He had claimed a P51 of 354 Fighter Group at Rambouillet and on the 25th of August a P38 of the 474 Fighter Group near Beauvais (pilot James Austin). On the 16th of September 1944 he was flying Fw190A-8 171505 and was shot down at Nutherveld at 1810hrs by a P47 of 50FG, and became a POW. He died on 9th October 2009. |
Items Signed by Unteroffizier Ottomar Kruse (deceased) |
  | In Defence of the Homeland by Graeme Lothian. (P) Price : £480.00 | Me109s take off in their continued defence against Allied bombers. ...... | |
  | Walter Wolfrum by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £620.00 | Walter Wolfrum, a Knight's Cross winning German WW2 Ace with 137 victories, in his Bf109G. ...... | |
  | Gunther Rall by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £620.00 | With 275 victories credited, Gunther Rall is the third highest scoring Ace in history He was awarded the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. ...... |
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