• Messerschmitt Me 262

Date of birth:

February 14th, 1921 (Crailsheim/Württemberg, Germany)

Date of death:

November 29th, 2006 (Bad Vilbel/Hesse, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Werner Utter learned to fly in a glider plane in 1935. During the Second World War he fl;ew with a Kampfgeschwader, piloting planes like the Messerschmitt Me 262 and the Arado Ar 243.

When in 1955 the Lufthansa started operating again, Werner Utter became a pilot there. From 1971 until 1972 he was their Chefpilot and he stayed with the Lufthansa as Flottenchef until his retirement in 1985.

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• - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008.
  - Death notice by Lufthansa
  - Luftfahrtsammlung Fiebig