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Walter Zellot was born on 6 October, 1920 in Spittal an der Drau, Austria, is a German World War II fighter pilot. Discover Walter Zellot's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 21 years old?

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Age 21 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 6 October, 1920
Birthday 6 October
Birthplace Spittal an der Drau, Austria
Date of death 10 September, 1942
Died Place Stalingrad, Soviet Union
Nationality Germany

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1920

Walter Zellot (6 October 1920 – 10 September 1942) was a World War II fighter pilot from Nazi Germany.

Zellot is credited with shooting down 86 Allied aircraft in 296 combat missions.

Among these 83 were achieved over the Eastern Front.

Zellot was born on 6 October 1920in Spittal an der Drau in Carinthia of the Republic of Austria.

1923

On 23 August, German forces launched the Battle of Stalingrad with the 16th Panzer Division, and elements of the 3rd Motorized Infantry Division and 60th Motorized Infantry Division crossing the Don near Vertyachy.

That day, Zellot claimed four aerial victories in support of the German attack.

1941

In 1941, Tonne was posted Jagdgeschwader 53 (JG 53—53rd Fighter Wing) where he was assigned to 1.

Staffel (1st Squadron).

On 6 June.

I. Gruppe moved to Mannheim-Sandhofen Airfield.

Following a maintenance overhaul of the aircraft, I. Gruppe moved to an airfield named Krzewicza located near Międzyrzec Podlaski, approximately 65 km west of Brest, from 12 to 14 June.

On 22 June, the Geschwader crossed into Soviet airspace in support of Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, which opened the Eastern Front.

I. Gruppe took off on its first mission at 3:40 am, escorting Junkers Ju 87 dive bombers.

On the second mission of the day which took off at 9:10 am, again escorting Ju 87 dive bombers, Zellot claimed his first aerial victory when he shot down a Polikarpov I-16 fighter.

Supporting the German attack, the Gruppe moved to Pruzhany on 25 June, to Baranavichy on 29 June, to Hostynne the next day, reaching Dubno on 5 July.

Here, Zellot claimed his second aerial victory on 6 July.

In December 1941, I. Gruppe was moved to Mediterranean air bases at Gela in Sicily where they fought in the aerial battles of the Siege of Malta.

1942

In early May 1942, I. Gruppe was transferred back to the Eastern Front.

Prior to the relocation, the Gruppe received a full complement of 41 factory new Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 aircraft at Schwäbisch Hall before heading for Prague Ruzyne Airfield on 28 May.

The following day, I. Gruppe flew to Kursk.

There, the Gruppe supported the German 4th Panzer Army in its advance towards Voronezh during Case Blue, the 1942 strategic summer offensive in southern Russia between 28 June and 24 November 1942.

On 19 August 1942, Zellot was appointed Staffelkapitän (squadron leader) of 2.

Staffel of JG 53, replacing Hauptmann Klaus Quaet-Faslem who was transferred.

However, earlier on the same day of his appointment on 19 August 1942, his Bf 109 G-2 (Werknummer 14189—factory number) was shot-up by a Soviet fighter, probably the Yakovlev Yak-1 flown by future ace Boris M. Vasilyev (929 IAP).

Zellot was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) on 3 September 1942 following his 75th aerial victory.

On 10 September 1942, Zellot was killed in action while engaged in a low-level attack on Soviet troops northwest of Stalingrad, shot down by anti-aircraft fire.

He bailed out at low altitude, insufficient for his parachute to open, and was killed.

According to Prien, Zellot may have been shot down by friendly fire.

His Bf 109 G-2 (Werknummer 13487) had its tail blown off and crashed 20 km east of Vertyachy.

At the time oh his death, he was the most successful fighter pilot of I. Gruppe of JG 53.

Zellot was temporarily succeeded by Oberleutnant Friedrich-Karl Müller as commander of 2.

Staffel.

In parallel, Müller who was officially heading 1.

Staffel of JG 53.

According to US historian David T. Zabecki, Zellot was credited with 85 aerial victories.

Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and found records for 84 aerial victory claims, including 81 aerial victories on the Eastern Front and three on the Western Front.

Victory claims were logged to a map-reference (PQ = Planquadrat), for example "PQ 49721".

The Luftwaffe grid map (Jägermeldenetz) covered all of Europe, western Russia and North Africa and was composed of rectangles measuring 15 minutes of latitude by 30 minutes of longitude, an area of about 360 sqmi.

These sectors were then subdivided into 36 smaller units to give a location area 3 x in size.