page_title: Kurt Tanzer
section_title: Later life and death
hierarchical_section_title: Kurt Tanzer / Later life and death
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Das Ehrenmal der Bundeswehr. Auf dem Gelände des Zweiten Dienstsitzes des Bundesministeriums der Verteidigung, in Berlin, wurde ein Ehrenmal für Angehörige der Bundeswehr errichtet, die in Folge der Ausübung ihrer Dienstpflichten für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland ihr Leben verloren haben. ©Bundeswehr/Bienert
context_page_description: Kurt Tanzer was a World War II Luftwaffe military aviator. As a flying ace, he is credited with approximately 128–143 aerial victories. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, the highest award in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. He later joined the German Air Force and was killed in a flying accident on 25 June 1960.
context_section_description: Following World War II, Tanzer joined the post-war Bundesluftwaffe. Hauptmann Tanzer and Oberleutnant Hans-Ludwig Seseke, were killed on 25 June 1960 when their Lockheed T-33A "EB+397" crashed in southwestern Mallorca. T-33 "EB+397" and T-33 "BD+843", piloted by United States Air Force Captain Charles S. Melton and Captain Roger P. Miller, both crashed into the cloud-covered mountains during an instrument flight rules (IFR) approach on Son Sant Joan Airport. All four pilots were killed in the incident. Tanzer and Seseke are listed on the Ehrenmal der Bundeswehr (Bundeswehr Memorial).
caption: (undeswehr Memorial, the Federal Ministry of Defence in the back
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