Otto Weßling, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German fighter ace and Knight's Cross recipient
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Place of Birth: Bad Harzburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
About Otto Weßling
- Otto Weßling (23 September 1913 – 19 April 1944) was a Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II.
- The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.
- Otto Weßling claimed 83 victories, in 500 missions.
- He was shot down by a P-51 Mustang near Kassel on 19 April 1944.
- He managed to crash-land his damaged Messerschmitt Bf 109 and was killed by a strafing P-51.
- On 20 July 1944 he was posthumously promoted to Hauptmann der Reserves and received the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross.
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