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Kurt Tanzer Victories : 143 ----------------------------- Country : Germany Fought in : WW2 Fought for : Axis Died : 25th June 1960 Knights Cross Kurt Tanzer was born on 1 November 1920 at Moscow in Russia. Tanzer was transferred from Ergänzungsgruppe/JG 51 to 12./JG 51, based on the Eastern front, on 18 March 1942. He claimed his 35th victory on 5 May 1943. The next day, Russian Il-2 Sturmovik ground-attack aircraft attacked the airfield at which Tanzer was stationed. He managed to scramble and shot down two of the attacking aircraft. Tanzer was wounded in this combat but continued attacking the raiding Russian aircraft shooting down a further two Il-2s. Russian fighters then intervened and Tanzer was further wounded. Despite severe wounds to his right hand and blood loss, Tanzer managed to land his badly damaged Fw 190 A-4 (Work.Nr. 7161) “Blue 7” at his base airfield. Oberfeldwebel Tanzer was awarded the Knight’s Cross on 5 December for 39 victories. Following his recovery from the wounds received in May 1943, Tanzer returned to JG 51 and front line duty on 4 November. He was assigned to the Geschwaderstab of JG 51, with whom he flew many successful fighter-bomber missions while also increasing his tally of aerial victories. In June 1944, Tanzer accompanied Karl-Gottfried Nordmann (78 victories, RK-EL), Kommodore of JG 51, to the staff of Jagdfliegerführer 6.

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Known Victory Claims - Kurt Tanzer
DATE	PILOT	UNIT	JG	CLAIMED	LOCATION	TIME	FRONT

02/08/1942	Gefr. Kurt Tanzer	12	JG 51	Il-2	47 581: tiefflug	9	Eastern Front
05/08/1942	Gefr. Kurt Tanzer	12	JG 51	Pe-2	46 442: 1500m	4.5	Eastern Front
24/08/1942	Gefr. Kurt Tanzer	12	JG 51	Il-2	47 572: 300m	7.4	Eastern Front
13/09/1942	Uffz. Kurt Tanzer	12	JG 51	Il-2	45 392	17.35	Eastern Front
03/12/1942	Uffz. Kurt Tanzer	12	JG 51	Il-2	20km SSW Velikiye Luki: 1000m	11.5	Eastern Front
08/12/1942	Uffz. Kurt Tanzer	12	JG 51	Il-2	10km NW Velikiye Luki: 300m	12.55	Eastern Front
08/12/1942	Uffz. Kurt Tanzer	12	JG 51	Il-2	07 521: 300m	13.03	Eastern Front
09/12/1942	Uffz. Kurt Tanzer	12	JG 51	Il-2	33km SW Velikye-Luki	8.15	Eastern Front
16/12/1942	Uffz. Kurt Tanzer	12	JG 51	Il-2	35km NW Velikye-Luki: 300m	8.12	Eastern Front
16/12/1942	Uffz. Kurt Tanzer	12	JG 51	Il-2	20km NNW Velikye-Luki: 300m	8.1	Eastern Front
16/12/1942	Uffz. Kurt Tanzer	12	JG 51	MiG-3	25km S. Velikye-Luki: 2500m	8.03	Eastern Front
16/12/1942	Uffz. Kurt Tanzer	12	JG 51	Il-2	07 791: 400m	11.4	Eastern Front
05/01/1943	Uffz. Kurt Tanzer	12	JG 51	Il-2	07 792: 150m	9.18	Eastern Front
05/01/1943	Uffz. Kurt Tanzer	12	JG 51	Il-2	07 7762: 150m	9.15	Eastern Front
06/01/1943	Uffz. Kurt Tanzer	12	JG 51	Il-2	07 761: tiefflug	11.58	Eastern Front
06/01/1943	Fw. Kurt Tanzer	12	JG 51	Pe-2	07 813: 500m	11	Eastern Front
06/01/1943	Fw. Kurt Tanzer	12	JG 51	MiG-3	07 554: 1500m	8.3	Eastern Front
06/01/1943	Fw. Kurt Tanzer	12	JG 51	Il-2	07 732: 500m	12.2	Eastern Front
07/01/1943	Fw. Kurt Tanzer	12	JG 51	Pe-2	07 584: tiefflug	12.05	Eastern Front
12/01/1943	Fw. Kurt Tanzer	12	JG 51	MiG-3	07 564: 600m	13.18	Eastern Front
14/01/1943	Ofw. Kurt Tanzer	12	JG 51	Pe-2	62 184: 1500m	9.1	Eastern Front
15/01/1943	Fw. Kurt Tanzer	12	JG 51	Pe-2	07 663: tiefflug	11.25	Eastern Front
16/01/1943	Fw. Kurt Tanzer	12	JG 51	Pe-2	07 553: 1000m	8.14	Eastern Front
16/01/1943	Fw. Kurt Tanzer	12	JG 51	MiG-3	07 582: 1500m	8.1	Eastern Front
16/01/1943	Fw. Kurt Tanzer	12	JG 51	Il-2	07 563: 100m	14.45	Eastern Front
26/01/1943	Fw. Kurt Tanzer	12	JG 51	LaGG-3	07 593: 2500m	11.2	Eastern Front
07/03/1943	Fw. Kurt Tanzer	12	JG 51	MiG-3	36 142: 400m	14.4	Eastern Front
10/04/1943	Fw. Kurt Tanzer	12	JG 51	RZ	46 731: tiefflug	12.56	Eastern Front
10/04/1943	Fw. Kurt Tanzer	12	JG 51	U-2	46 122: tiefflug	12.58	Eastern Front
19/04/1943	Fw. Kurt Tanzer	12	JG 51	R-5	45 141: tiefflug	8.52	Eastern Front
25/04/1943	Ofw. Kurt Tanzer	12	JG 51	Jak-1	63 571: 2500m	11.47	Eastern Front
06/05/1943	Ofw. Kurt Tanzer	12	JG 51	Il-2	63 143: 400m	13.19	Eastern Front
06/05/1943	Ofw. Kurt Tanzer	12	JG 51	Il-2	53 264: 300m	13.19	Eastern Front
06/05/1943	Ofw. Kurt Tanzer	12	JG 51	Il-2	53 264: 400m	13.25	Eastern Front
06/05/1943	Ofw. Kurt Tanzer	12	JG 51	Il-2	63 171: 400m	13.28	Eastern Front

Known Claims : 35

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