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"Black Eight" - Willi Maximowitz

Willi was more into bombers. Credited with 27 victories, 15 of them were four engine bombers. At least one of these

bombers (though he claimed a second also) was taken by, get this, ramming it. April 20 1945, Willi failed to return from a

combat mission. If you use the airplane itself as a blunt instrument, going out with your boots on was probably a

foregone conclusion. Maximowitz was posthumously awarded the gold German Cross.

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