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Nowotny
Nowotny is a surname. Common in Germany and Austria, it is a variant of the Czech and Slovak surname Novotný (surname), Novotný, which means "newcomer".''Dictionary of American Family Names''"Nowotny Family History" Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 11 January 2016. The name may refer to: * Chris Nowotny (1928–1989), German photographer * Eva Nowotny (born 1944), Austrian diplomat * Ewald Nowotny (born 1944), Austrian politician * George E. Nowotny (born 1932), American politician * Helga Nowotny (born 1937), Austrian sociologist * Jens Nowotny (born 1974), German football player * Karl Anton Nowotny (1904–1978), Austrian ethnographer * Rita-Maria Nowotny (1925–2000), German actress * Robert Nowotny (born 1974), Austrian beach volleyball player * Stan Nowotny (born 1950), Australian football player * Walter Nowotny (1920–1944), German fighter pilot Fiction * Waltraud Nowotny, a fictional character from ''Strike Witches'' Other uses * Jagdgeschwader 7, Jagdgesc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Nowotny
Walter Nowotny (7 December 1920 – 8 November 1944) was an Austrian-born fighter ace of the Luftwaffe in World War II. He is credited with 258 aerial victories—that is, 258 aerial combat encounters resulting in the destruction of the enemy aircraft—in 442 combat missions. Nowotny achieved 255 of these victories on the Eastern Front and three while flying one of the first jet fighters, the Messerschmitt Me 262, in the Defense of the Reich. He scored most of his victories in the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, and approximately 50 in the Messerschmitt Bf 109. Nowotny scored an "ace in a day" on multiple occasions, shooting down at least five airplanes on the same day, including two occurrences of "double-ace in a day" (scored at least ten kills) in mid-1943. Nowotny joined the Luftwaffe in 1939 and completed his fighter pilot training in 1941, after which he was posted to ''Jagdgeschwader'' 54 "Grünherz" (JG 54) on the Eastern Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
