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Heinrich Gontermann

Country:	Germany
Born:	25 February 1896
Place of Birth:	Siegen, Southern Westphalia
Deceased:	30 October 1917
Rank:	Leutnant
Units:	FA 25 Jasta 5, 15
Victories:	39

Biography

Gontermann began the war in a cavalry regiment but transferred to the German Air Force in 1916. Before his death, Gontermann scored eighteen victories against Allied balloons. On the evening of 19 August 1917, he shot down four of them in three minutes. While testing a new Fokker DR.I, Gontermann was fatally injured in a crash when the upper wing failed.

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