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A week after his final victory, on the morning of 17 March 1918, Bethge once again led his fliers into combat. When he was still 200 meters from the
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fighter. It featured tapering longitudinal gray and white stripes the length of the fuselage, with a dark gold diamond on the exterior cockpit walls. He scored twice more with this new machine, on 19 February and 10 March. He was recommended for the
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claimed his next victim on 28 March 1917, and began a steady scoring pace that had him showing a tally of 18 wins by 31 October 1917. It was during this stretch that he claimed three opposing aces as victims;
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bombers with the world's first strategic bombing unit, the so-called "Ostend
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cemetery near the Halle Gate. His mother was told on 18 March that her son would receive the Pour le Merite; however, it had not been approved before his untimely death.
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Hans Bethge was a Berlin native, born on 6 December 1890. He was the second son of
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for his first victory. He followed up by scoring two more confirmed victories before the end of 1916.
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ace Philip Andrew
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