Hans Guido Mutke
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Hans Guido Mutke (25 March 1921 – 8 April 2004) was a fighter pilot for the German Luftwaffe during World War II. He was born in Neisse, Upper Silesia (now Nysa, Poland).
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Birth name | Hans Guido Mutke |
Born | (1921-03-25)25 March 1921 Neisse, Upper Silesia, Germany (now Poland) |
Died | 8 April 2004(2004-04-08) (aged 83) Munich, Germany |
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Service/ | Luftwaffe |
Years of service | ?–1945 |
Rank | Flight cadet (Fähnrich) |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Other work | Commercial pilot |
On 25 April 1945, Mutke landed at Dübendorf, Switzerland, flying the Me 262A-1a jet fighter, 'White 3', from 9. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 7. He claimed that he got lost during a combat mission and landed there by mistake, although there were suspicions that he'd defected. The Swiss authorities never attempted to fly the plane, keeping it in storage and returning it to Germany on 30 August 1957. He sued the post-war German government, unsuccessfully, for the return of the plane, claiming it was his own property.
Mutke also made the controversial claim that he broke the sound barrier in 1945 in an Me 262, but mainstream opinion continues to regard Chuck Yeager as the first person to achieve this milestone in 1947 in a Bell X-1.