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Gerhard Dittmann 1922 - 1943

Gerhard Dittmann of Emilienstr. 26, in Essen Deutschland was born on December 16, 1922 in Essen to Gerhard Karl Ernst Dittmann and Elsbeth Alma Emma Auguste Dittmann. He had a sister Erika Emma Martha Juliane Dittmann. Gerhard Dittmann died at age 20 years old on August 18, 1943 in Marrum Netherlands, and was buried at Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof Ysselsteyn in Ysselsteyn.

Gerhard Dittmann

Emilienstr. 26, in Essen 45128, Deutschland

December 16, 1922

Essen, Deutschland

August 18, 1943

Marrum, Netherlands

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Gerhard Dittmann was a Pilot at Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 in World War II.
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1922

Birthday

December 16, 1922

Birthdate

Essen Deutschland

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Military Service

Nachtjagdgeschwader 1
Professional Career

Soldier Pilot
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Lieutenant Gerhard Dittmann was a pilot of a Messerschmitt Bf 110G-4 with the 12th Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 in World War II. He took off from Leeuwarden Air Base on August 18, 1943 and was shot down. His plane went down in the Dutch Wadden Sea near the Marrum. The radio operator Unteroffizier Karl Theophil Bundschuh (born 18.12.1922 in Ulm) also fell on this mission. Buried in the German military cemetery at Ysselsteyn (grave site AR-4-77), Holland. German Bf 110 night fighter crashed from high altitude near sea wall. - Aircraft: Messerschmitt Bf 110 - Wednesday, August 18, 1943, time 0:15 a.m. - Serial number: 5479, registration: G9 + FZ (belonged to: 12/NJG1 Leeuwarden). Crew: Leutnant Gerhard Dittmann - pilot, 20 KIA Sergeant Karl Theophil Bundschuh - radio operator, 20 KIA Shortly before junction 2, a German night fighter crashed for unknown reasons. The German version of the story is that the aircraft was shot down by the fighter of No. 141 Sq. flown by F/O H.E. White and radio operator F/O M.S. Allan of the British RAF when it was taking fire from an English aircraft. Chief Constable Bauke Meijer saw the plane hurtling toward the ground on fire in a steep glide. On impact with the ground, the plane exploded and burned out. Meijer, who had biked with his colleague to the crash site near the seawall below Marrum, could not get to the wreckage because of the exploding munitions. Moments later, the Germans arrived from the base and the policemen were sent away. While leaving, they still found the body of one of the crew members in the grass, which had been thrown out of the plane. This was the 20-year-old pilot Gerhard Dittmann. He was first buried in Leeuwarden and later moved to the German military cemetery at Ysselsteyn. Radio operator Unteroffizier Karl Theophil Bundschu washed up on the Danish island of Mandö on September 28. He was buried in Esbjerg. According to records Lieutenant Gerhard Dittmann, , shot down two American Boeing B-17 bombers on July 25, 1943, northwest of Vlieland and July 26, 1943, near Helgoland.
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1943

Death

August 18, 1943

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Shot down in a Messerschmitt Bf 110G-4 during the Second World War.

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Marrum Netherlands
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09/25/2022

Gerhard Dittmann

Ltn Gerhard Dittmann was a pilot of a Messerschmitt Bf 110G-4 with the 12th Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 in World War II. He was shot down and died in his plane in 1943 near Marrum, Netherlands.

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Joe D

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09/23/2022

Gerhard Dittmann

Ltn Gerhard Dittmann was a pilot of a Messerschmitt Bf 110G-4 with the 12th Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 in World War II. He was shot down and died in his plane in 1943 near Marrum, Netherlands.

Date & Place: Not specified or unknown.

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