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85 Notable deaths
by killed in action
Adolphe Pégoud
French flying ace.
Born June 13th, 1889 in Montferrat. [ref]
Died August 31st, 1915 at 26 years old in Petit-Croix (killed in action). [ref]
Nicolau dos Reis Lobato
Prime minister of east timor (1946-1978).
Born May 24th, 1946 in Bazartete administrative post.
Died December 31st, 1978 at 32 years old in Mindelo (killed in action).
Billy Fiske
American bobsledder and pilot (1911-1940).
Born June 4th, 1911 in Brooklyn.
Died August 17th, 1940 at 29 years old in Chichester (killed in action).
Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz
Belarusian-polish general.
Born February 22nd, 1883 in Meikštai. [ref]
Died May 10th, 1940 at 57 years old in Warsaw (killed in action). [ref]
Erich Bey
German admiral (1898-1943).
Born March 23rd, 1898 in Hamburg.
Died December 26th, 1943 at 45 years old in Atlantic Ocean, North Cape (killed in action).
Ferdinand Sammern-Frankenegg
Austrian member of the nazi party (1897-1944).
Born March 17th, 1897 in Grieskirchen.
Died September 20th, 1944 at 47 years old in Banja Luka (killed in action).
Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
German officer and fighter pilot during world war ii.
Born August 14th, 1916 in Copenhagen.
Died January 21st, 1944 at 27 years old in Stendal (killed in action).
Aleksandr Stepanovich Antonov
Member:socialist revolutionary party/one of the leaders:tambov rebellion against the soviet regime (1889-1922).
Born August 7th, 1889 in Moscow.
Died June 24th, 1922 at 32 years old in Tambov Governorate (killed in action).
Christian Frederik von Schalburg
Danish ss officer.
Born April 15th, 1906 in Zmeinogorsk.
Died June 2nd, 1942 at 36 years old in Demyansk (killed in action).
Helmut Wick
German officer and fighter pilot in world war ii.
Born August 5th, 1915 in Mannheim.
Died November 28th, 1940 at 25 years old in English Channel (killed in action).
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