Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fritz Lüddecke
This a pilot with 51 aircraft kills. To put this number is context a Aviation regiment (Soviet Union) consisted of some 61-63 aircraft. So this pilot took out, by his own hands, almost a regiment sized force. Destroying a regiment clearly meets SOLDIER(4) - {{tq|Played an important role in a significant military event such as a major battle or campaign}}. We routinely haves articles on aces with much lower kill counts: List of World War II flying aces, List of Korean War flying aces, List of Vietnam War flying aces. Receiving a "Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross" might not confer notability in and of itself, but it does not confer non-notability (As a medal close to the highest-tier (in this case previously contested) it is not enough by itself, but it a supporting indication - just like the Navy Cross). Going out of  (which is an essay), we have , and in the case - ''+"Fritz Lüddecke" luftwaffe'' appears in approx. 22 (after scrolling down, raw hit count is 152 - 3 pages of results) in '''google books''' as may be seen here: https://www.google.com/search?q=%2B%22Fritz+L%C3%BCddecke%22+luftwaffe&tbm=bks&ei=yaeOWYiWI4H_acydvZAP&start=20&sa=N&biw=1232&bih=931&dpr=1 google books search - page 3 of results (note there is a post-WWII German Dr. with the same name
— User:Icewhiz, 07:05, 12 August 2017 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:SOLDIER||WP:GNG (Wikipedia:Notability)