Gustav Sturm
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Gustav Sturm was a former German
Luftwaffe
fighter ace
credited with 22 victories. Included in his victory 17 were four-engine bombers. He recorded five victories while flying the Me 262 jet fighter, all four engine bombers.
from November 1942. Feldwebel
Sturm was assigned to 2./JG 27 and recorded his first victory on 15 November when he shot down a USAAF B-24 four-engine bomber near El Agheila
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On 25 April 1945, while was based at Ruzyně
in Czechoslovakia
, Sturm attempted to rescue a colleague from a Me 262 that had crash-landed and caught fire. The burning machine exploded when he reached nearer and he suffered serious chest wounds. The wounds were serious enough that Sturm took no further part in the war.
Germany
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Luftwaffe
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fighter ace
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credited with 22 victories. Included in his victory 17 were four-engine bombers. He recorded five victories while flying the Me 262 jet fighter, all four engine bombers.
Military career
Sturm was serving with JG 27 based in North AfricaNorth Africa
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from November 1942. Feldwebel
Feldwebel
Feldwebel is a German military rank which has existed since at least the 18th century with usage as a title dating to the Middle Ages. The word Feldwebel is usually translated as sergeant being rated OR-6 in the NATO rank comparison scale, equivalent to the British Army Sergeant and the US Army...
Sturm was assigned to 2./JG 27 and recorded his first victory on 15 November when he shot down a USAAF B-24 four-engine bomber near El Agheila
El Agheila
El Agheila is a coastal city at the bottom of the Gulf of Sidra in far western Cyrenaica, Libya. In 1988 it was placed in Ajdabiya District; between 1995 and 2001 the district name is not known; however, it was again placed into Ajdabiya District in 2001...
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On 25 April 1945, while was based at Ruzyně
Ruzyne
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in Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
, Sturm attempted to rescue a colleague from a Me 262 that had crash-landed and caught fire. The burning machine exploded when he reached nearer and he suffered serious chest wounds. The wounds were serious enough that Sturm took no further part in the war.