Date of birth:

September 6th, 1919 (Vienna/Lower-Austria, Austria)

Date of death:

December 17th, 1944 (Glatz/Lower Silesia, Germany)

Nationality:

Austrian (1938-1945, Reichsgau)

Gottfried Kowatsch was reported missing in action as from December 17th, 1944 after he had bailed out his shot down Messerschmidt Bf 109 G-10/R6 (Blue 14).

Promotions:
?: Leutnant;
May 2nd, 1943: Oberleutnant;
October 1st, 1943: Hauptmann;

Career:
1937: Austrian Aero Club;
1938: NSFK;
1940: Student;
?: III. Gruppe Zerstörergeschwader 26;
May 2nd, 1943: Staffelkapitän 1. Staffel, Zerstörergeschwader 101;
?: III. Gruppe Zerstörergeschwader 26;
May 1944: Kommandeur, Geheimkommando Jagdfliegerschule Stolp-Reiz;
December 1944: 16. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 300.

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