Career
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. On 9 February 1945, Linz was shot down and killed in action flying a Focke Wulf Fw 190A-8 (Werknummer 732183—factory number) in defense of the German destroyer Z33 in an operation which was later called Black Friday by the Allied aircrews due to their heavy unit losses. Linz claimed his 70th and final aerial victory in this engagement over a North American P-51 Mustang possibly from Number.
65 Squadron Royal Air Force. The Fw 190A-8 flown by Linz in his last combat still exists, and is displayed in the Cottbus Hangar of the Military Aviation Museum in Pungo, Virginia, United States of America as of 2014.
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