August Geiger (pilot)
(1920-1943)
German fighter ace and Knight's Cross recipient
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August Geiger (6 May 1920 – 29 September 1943) was a German Luftwaffe military aviator during World War II, a night fighter ace credited with 53 aerial victories making him the nineteenth most successful night fighter pilot in the history of aerial warfare. All of his victories were claimed over the Western Front in Defense of the Reich missions, the majority at night against the Royal Air Force's (RAF) Bomber Command and one daytime claim over a United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
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6 May 1920 Uberlingen, Germany
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| Died |
29 September 1943 (aged 23) Zuiderzee, German-occupied Netherlands
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| Zodiac | Taurus |
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