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Otto Bischoff

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Years of service
  
?–1942

Unit
  
Kampfgeschwader 77

Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe

Rank
  
Oberleutnant

Name
  
Otto Bischoff

Died
  
2 April 1942(1942-04-02) (aged 26) over Malta

Otto Bischoff (24 September 1915 – 2 April 1942) was a German Luftwaffe bomber pilot and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Otto Bischoff was killed on 2 April 1942 over the island of Malta. He was posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross on 3 May 1942.

Awards

  • Flugzeugfuhrerabzeichen
  • Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • German Cross in Gold on 15 December 1941 as Oberleutnant in the 6./Kampfgeschwader 77
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 3 May 1942 (posthumously) as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitan of the 4./Kampfgeschwader 77

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