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Günther Lützow

1912 - 1945

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Günther Lützow (4 September 1912 – 24 April 1945) was a German Luftwaffe aviator and fighter ace credited with 110 enemy aircraft shot down in over 300 combat missions. Apart from five victories during the Spanish Civil War, most of his claimed victories were over the Eastern Front in World War II. He also claimed 20 victories over the Western Front, including two victories—one of which was a four-engined bomber—flying the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter. Born in Kiel, Lützow volunteered for military service in the Reichswehr of the Weimar Republic in 1931. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Günther Lützow has received more than 205,104 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Günther Lützow is the 1,056th most popular military personnel (down from 945th in 2019), the 2,567th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,346th in 2019) and the 200th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Günther Lützow ranks 1,056 out of 2,058. Before him are Isamu Chō, Bauyrzhan Momyshuly, Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, Henri de Montmorency, 4th Duke of Montmorency, Publius Ventidius Bassus, and Mehmed IV Giray. After him are Viktor Dankl von Krasnik, Al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra, Mehmed II Giray, Walton Walker, Maria Bochkareva, and Hermann Priess.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Günther Lützow ranks 137. Before him are Josef Blösche, Jure Francetić, Jean Françaix, Boris Kidrič, Kristina Söderbaum, and Laurean Rugambwa. After him are Domingos da Guia, Marcel Camus, Svetozar Vukmanović, Vladimir Bakarić, Michele Andreolo, and Roy Sullivan. Among people deceased in 1945, Günther Lützow ranks 177. Before him are Alfred Meyer, Pavle Đurišić, Hans von Dohnanyi, Isamu Chō, Mihail Sebastian, and Paul Giesler. After him are Heinrich Ehrler, Peter Högl, Volin, Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil, Eric Liddell, and Karl Fritzsch.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Günther Lützow ranks 2,567 out of 7,253. Before him are Herbert Hainer (1954), Margravine Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg (1674), Paul Giesler (1895), Thomas Nast (1840), Eric II, Duke of Pomerania (1418), and Karl Kling (1910). After him are Gustav Hugo (1764), Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1888), Hermann Burmeister (1807), Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1653), Heidi Brühl (1942), and Johann Karl August Musäus (1735).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Günther Lützow ranks 200. Before him are Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski (1899), Ulrich Graf (1878), Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1737), Otto Baum (1911), Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow (1782), and Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein (1870). After him are Hermann Priess (1901), Walter Krüger (1892), Otto Weddigen (1882), Wilhelm Marschall (1886), Oskar von Hutier (1857), and Heinrich Ehrler (1917).

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