Sturmovik Ground Attack Aircraft
A Soviet air attack on June 29, 1944 killed Generalleutnant Otto Schünemann near Pagost on the Berezina River in Russia. Schünemann was the commander of the XXXIX Panzer Corps at the time of his death. (Quiet Flows the Rhine, German General Officer Casualties in World War II)
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Rheinbach Prison about 1930
On Friday, June 29, 1945, Master Sergeant John C. Woods hanged three German war criminals at Rheinbach Prison for killing a downed American airman during the war. Peter Kohn was dropped at 5:05 a.m.; Matthias Gierens at 5:50 a.m. and Peter Back at 6:35 a.m. (American Hangman: MSgt. John C. Woods: The United States Army’s Notorious Executioner in World War II and Nürnberg)