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Text: Ritterkreuzträger Leutnant Gerhard Thyben, Staffelführer in einem Jagdgeschwader, geboren am 24.2.22 in Kiel, siegte in 116 Luftkämpfen über dem Reich gegen die anglo-amerikanischen Terrorbomber und jetzt in Kurland gegen die Sowjets.
Deutsch: Abgebildete Personen: Leutnant Gerhard Thyben mit Ritterkreuz (Luftwaffe, Wehrmacht Deutschland).
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