Günther Lützow Military person

Colonel Günther Lützow (4 September 1912 – 24 April 1945) was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and a leader in the "Fighter Pilots Revolt". Lützow was credited with 110 victories achieved in over 300 combat missions. He scored 5 victories during the Spanish Civil War. He recorded 20 victories over the Western Front, including at least one four-engine bomber, and 85 victories over the Eastern Front. Lützow, flying the Me 262 jet fighter for Adolf Galland’s JV 44, was posted missing on 24 April 1945 while attempting to intercept a USAAF B-26 Marauder raid near Donauwörth. His body was never recovered.

Personal facts

Birth date	September 04, 1912
Birth place	Kiel
Date of death	April 24, 1945

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allegiance	Nazi Germany Weimar Republic (to 1933)
award	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Spanish Cross
military operations	Operation Barbarossa Battle of Britain World War II Battle of France Spanish Civil War
military branch	Luftwaffe
military command	2./J 88 I./JG 3 (3.11.39 – 21.8.40) JG 3 (21.8.40 – 11.8.42) JG 51 (10.41 – 11.41)
military unit	Jagdgruppe 88 Jagdverband 44 Jagdgeschwader 51 Jagdgeschwader 3
service start	1931
service end	1945