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85 Notable deaths
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Lydia Litvyak
Soviet flying ace.
Born August 18th, 1921 in Moscow. [ref]
Died August 1st, 1943 at 21 years old in Donbas (killed in action).
Günther Lütjens
German admiral.
Born May 25th, 1889 in Wiesbaden.
Died May 27th, 1941 at 52 years old in Atlantic Ocean (killed in action).
Maximilian von Spee
German admiral.
Born June 22nd, 1861 in Copenhagen.
Died December 8th, 1914 at 53 years old in South Atlantic Ocean (killed in action).
Oswald Boelcke
German first world war flying ace.
Born May 19th, 1891 in Giebichenstein.
Died October 28th, 1916 at 25 years old in Bapaume (killed in action).
Werner Voß
German flying ace.
Born April 13th, 1897 in Krefeld.
Died September 23rd, 1917 at 20 years old in Second Battle of Ypres (killed in action).
Mbaye Diagne
Senegalese army officer (1958-1994).
Born March 18th, 1958 in Senegal.
Died May 31st, 1994 at 36 years old in Kigali (killed in action).
Karel Doorman
Dutch admiral (1889-1942).
Born April 23rd, 1889 in Utrecht. [ref]
Died February 28th, 1942 at 52 years old in Java Sea (killed in action).
Thomas McGuire
United states army officer.
Born August 1st, 1920 in Ridgewood.
Died January 7th, 1945 at 24 years old in Negros (killed in action).
Seiichi Itō
Japanese admiral.
Born July 26th, 1890 in Miyama.
Died April 7th, 1945 at 54 years old in Okinawa Prefecture (killed in action).
Oleksandr Oksanchenko
Ukrainian fighter pilot and colonel.
Born April 26th, 1968 in Malomykhailivka.
Died February 25th, 2022 at 53 years old in Kyiv (killed in action).
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