Rudi Linz
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title:
Rudi Linz
text:
Rudolf "Rudi" Linz was a Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II. He is credited with 70 aerial victories achieved in an unknown number of combat missions, becoming an "ace-in-a-day" on four separate occasions. All but two of his aerial victories were claimed on the Eastern Front. On 9 February 1945, he was shot down and killed in action in defense of the German destroyer Z33 and posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 12 March.
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German fighter ace and Knight's Cross recipient
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudi_Linz
date created:
2010-11-18T08:18:42Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T05:44:46Z
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