What is Hugo Broch?
{{Infobox military person |name = Hugo Broch |image = |caption = Broch {{circa|1940s}} |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1922|1|6|df=y}} |death_date = |birth_place = [[Leichlingen]], [[Free State of Prussia|Prussia]], [[Weimar Republic]] |death_place = |nickname = |allegiance = [[Nazi Germany]] |branch = [[Luftwaffe]] |serviceyears = 1940–45 |rank = ''[[Leutnant]]'' (second lieutenant) |unit = [[Jagdgeschwader 54|JG 54]] |commands = |battles = [[World War II]] *[[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Front]] *[[Courland Pocket]] |awards = [[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]] |laterwork = employee with [[Agfa-Gevaert|Agfa]] }} '''Hugo Broch''' (born 6 January 1922) was a German [[Luftwaffe]] [[flying ace|ace]] during the [[Second World War]]. He helped win 81 victories in 324 missions, all on the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Front]]. He was honored with the [[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-40426747/luftwaffe-ace-flies-in-spitfire|title=Luftwaffe ace flies in Spitfire|access-date=28 June 2017|date=28 June 2017|publisher=BBC}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Broch, Hugo}} [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:German military personnel of World War II]] [[Category:German aviators]] {{bio-stub}}