caption link serviceyears branch commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards battles birth_date rank image article_title name
martin drewes luftwaffe 1937 -- 45 18px iii . / njg 1 blumenau , brazil 13 october 2013 salzgitter , germany nazi germany zg 76 , njg 3 and njg 1 ritterkreuz mit eichenlaub world war ii 20 october 1918 major martin drewes.jpg martin drewes
 martin drewes
martin drewes

martin drewes -lrb- 20 october 1918 -- 13 october 2013 -rrb- was a night fighter flying ace in the german luftwaffe during world war ii .
he is credited with 52 victories of which 43 were claimed at night mainly against british four-engine bombers whilst flying variants of the messerschmitt bf 110 .
