Unnamed Youngest Brother of German Prisoner
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1957
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Unnamed Youngest Brother of German Prisoner
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Unnamed Youngest Brother of German Prisoner
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Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
No
Biography:
The youngest of four German brothers in "Ad Astra" flourishes in the German military service, beginning as a "cadet of dragoons" (417) and eventually becoming an aviator. When his eldest brother last sees him, he "iss now ace with iron cross by the kaiser's own hand" (419). In 1916, he is shot down by the Canadian air ace Bishop.