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Theodor Osterkamp è stato un generale e aviatore tedesco. Asso dell'aviazione navale durante la prima e della Luftwaffe nella seconda guerra mondiale, decorato con la Croce di Cavaliere della Croce di Ferro, della Croce di Cavaliere dell'Ordine di Hohenzollern con spade e della Croce di Cavaliere dell'Ordine Pour le Mérite.
Theodor "Theo" Osterkamp (15 April 1892 – 2 January 1975) was a German fighter pilot during World War I and World War II. A flying ace , he achieved 32 victories in World War I. [3] In World War II, he led Jagdgeschwader 51 up to the Battle of Britain and claimed a further six victories during World War II, in the process becoming ...
ClaimDateTimeType130 April 1917—212 May 1917—35 June 1917—716 March 191815:55Sopwith CamelTheodor Osterkamp (* 15. April 1892 in Rölsdorf; † 2. Januar 1975 in Baden-Baden) war ein erfolgreicher Jagdflieger im Ersten Weltkrieg in der Kaiserlichen Marine und im Zweiten Weltkrieg Generalleutnant der Luftwaffe der Wehrmacht. Der mit Manfred von Richthofen befreundete Osterkamp errang im
Theodor Osterkamp, the commanding officer of Jagdgeschwader 51, was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz). Forty-eight year old Osterkamp was one of only a handful of aviators to see combat in both World Wars.
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Aschersleben, Prussian Saxony. Died: 02 January 1975. Place of Death: Baden-Baden. The Prussian army rejected him for health reasons but Osterkamp joined the Freiwilliges Marine Flieger Corps and became the German navy's highest scoring ace. When the war ended, he went east to fight the Bolsheviks.
Generalleutnant (Lieutenant General) Theodor Osterkamp, the most successful German naval fighter of World War I, one of the highest ranking Luftwaffe officers during World War II. (1892-1975) Chapter I. From chicken to hawk... He was born on April 12, 1892 in Aschersleben, Saxony.
Theodore Osterkamp: Theodore Osterkamp nasce il 15 Aprile 1892 a Duren, in Rheinland. Rifiutato dall'aeronautica a causa della fragile corporatura, riuscì a farsi arruolare nei reparti dell'aeronautica della marina. Comandò il Marine-Feld-Jagdstaffel 2 dal 15 Ottobre 1917.
