Johannes Steinhoff
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 30 years ago |
| Date of birth | September 15,1913 |
| Zodiac sign | Virgo |
| Born | Rosleben |
| Rosleben-Wiehe | |
| Germany | |
| Date of died | February 21,1994 |
| Died | Wachtberg |
| Germany | |
| Spouse | Ursula Steinhoff |
| Siblings | Wolf Steinhoff |
| Bernd Steinhoff | |
| Greta Zehender | |
| Lotte Hahn | |
| Unit | JG 26, JG 52, JG 77, Kommando Nowotny, JG 7 and JV 44 |
| Awards | Legion of Honour |
| Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany | |
| Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross | |
| Books | In letzter Stunde |
| The final hours | |
| Die Strasse von Messina; Tagebuch des Kommodore | |
| Voices from the Third Reich | |
| The Last Chance: The Pilots' Plot Against Göring, 1944-1945 | |
| Command | JG 77 |
| Rank | Wehrmacht |
| Bundeswehr | |
| Nicknam | Macky |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 722793 |
Johannes Steinhoff Life story
Johannes "Macky" Steinhoff was a Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II, German general, and NATO official. He was one of very few Luftwaffe pilots who survived to fly operationally through the whole of the war period 1939–45 until he was severely burned during a failed take-off.
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