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Name: Kurt Nachod
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Kurt Nachod
Country: Austro-Hungarian Empire
Rank: Oberleutnant
Units: Flik 20
Victories: 5
Born: 08 March 1890
Place of Birth: Brünn
Died: 11 May 1918 Killed In Flying Accident
Place of Death:  
 
 
Nachod joined the Army Air Service in September 1915 and scored five victories as an observer with Flik 20. Having obtained his Filed Pilot's Badge in the second half of 1917, Nachod was badly injured in a crash on the night of 9 May 1918. He died from his injuries two days later.
 
Victories
Date Time Unit Aircraft Opponent Location
1 31 May 1916 Flik 20 Knoller-Albatros B.I (22.18) Farman 1 Klewan
2 03 Jul 1916 Flik 20 Knoller-Albatros B.I (22.18) 2 Farman N of Luck
3 20 Sep 1916 Flik 20 Hansa-Brandenburg C.I (26.64) 3 EA Russian lines
4 07 Jan 1917 Flik 20 Hansa-Brandenburg C.I (26.54) 4 Nieuport Near Luck
5 07 Jan 1917 Flik 20 Hansa-Brandenburg C.I (26.54) 4 Farman Near Luck

1 Shared with Franz Zuzmann & Ltn Mathias Thaller
2 Pilot Franz Zuzmann
3 Pilot Julius Minar
4 Pilot Friedrich Camoch
 
Books
Above the War Fronts
by Norman L. R. Franks, Russell Guest, Gregory Alegi / Hardcover / Grub Street (September 1997)
Air Aces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire 1914-1918
by Dr. Martin O'Connor / Hardcover / Flying Machines Press (January 1986)
Austro-Hungarian Aces of World War 1
by Chris Chant, Mark Rolfe (Illustrator) / Paperback / Osprey Publishing (February 25, 2002)
 
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