"Twins" Ritterkreuzträger

Max Stotz and Josef Zwernemann
Max Stotz (left) was born on 13 February 1912 in Mannswörth, Lower Austria, joined the Austrian Bundesheer in 1933 and transferred to the Österreichische Luftstreitkräfte in 1935 before entering the Luftwaffe after the Anschluss, serving first with Jagdgeschwader 76 and later with Jagdgeschwader 54. He claimed his first aerial victory during the Phoney War and accumulated further successes in the Battle of France and over the Channel before achieving most of his score on the Eastern Front, where as Oberfeldwebel in the 5. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 54 he received the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 19 June 1942 after 53 confirmed victories. On 29 October 1942 he scored his 100th victory and the following day was awarded the Eichenlaub, later rising to Staffelkapitän of 5./Jagdgeschwader 54 and posthumously to Hauptmann; credited with 189 victories in over 700 missions, he went missing in action on 19 August 1943 after bailing out near Vitebsk. Josef Zwernemann was born on 26 March 1916 in Kirchworbis, entered the Kriegsmarine in 1935 and transferred to the Luftwaffe in 1936, joining the 7. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 52. After early claims in the Battle of Britain and service in the Balkans he fought on the Eastern Front, earning the Ritterkreuz on 23 June 1942 as Oberfeldwebel in 7./Jagdgeschwader 52 for 57 aerial victories plus numerous ground-attack successes. In September 1942 alone he claimed around thirty victories, reaching the century mark shortly thereafter and receiving the Eichenlaub on 31 October 1942; he later served with Jagdgeschwader 77 and as Staffelkapitän of 1./Jagdgeschwader 11 in the Defence of the Reich before being killed in action on 8 April 1944 near Gardelegen, having achieved 126 victories in approximately 600 missions and being promoted posthumously to Hauptmann.

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