MILITARY PERSONNEL

Franz von Werra

1914 - 1941

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Franz Xaver Freiherr von Werra (13 July 1914 – 25 October 1941) was a German World War II fighter pilot and flying ace who was shot down over Britain and captured. He was the only Axis prisoner of war to escape from Canadian custody and return to Germany apart from a U-boat seaman, Walter Kurt Reich, said to have jumped from a Polish troopship into the St. Lawrence River in July 1940. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz von Werra has received more than 373,318 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Franz von Werra is the 1,796th most popular military personnel, the 510th most popular biography from Switzerland and the 5th most popular Swiss Military Personnel.

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  • 15

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  • 2.36

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Franz von Werra ranks 1,796 out of 2,058. Before him are Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, Charles Leclerc, Peter Pace, Józef Kowalski, Dietrich Kraiss, and Walter Krueger. After him are John Moore, John F. Reynolds, Mindarus, Arseny Golovko, Yekaterina Mikhailova-Demina, and Adasi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Franz von Werra ranks 281. Before him are Théo Lefèvre, Walter Behrendt, Peter Whitehead, Emmanuel Roblès, Elfriede Kaun, and Wendell Corey. After him are John Hersey, František Čapek, Martí de Riquer i Morera, Viljo Heino, Jack LaLanne, and Anna Maria Ortese. Among people deceased in 1941, Franz von Werra ranks 164. Before him are Źmitrok Biadula, Afife Jale, Vladimir Ćorović, Princess Sophie of Luxembourg, Verner Järvinen, and Yekaterina Zelenko. After him are Masha Bruskina, Eduardo Schaerer, Luigi Capello, Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, Miina Härma, and Ludwig Stubbendorf.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Franz von Werra ranks 510 out of 1,015. Before him are Giuseppe Lepori (1902), Ernst Wetter (1877), Konrad Stäheli (1931), René Bader (1922), Willy Jäggi (1906), and Patrick Moraz (1948). After him are Albert Gallatin (1761), Renée Colliard (1933), Gaudenzio Marconi (1841), Ciriaco Sforza (1970), René Fasel (1950), and Max Miedinger (1910).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Switzerland

Among military personnels born in Switzerland, Franz von Werra ranks 5. Before him are Henri Guisan (1874), François Le Fort (1656), Jean Reynier (1771), and Lionel Dunsterville (1865). After him are Henry Wirz (1823).

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