Ploeckner
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Ploeckner
Sort Name:
Ploeckner
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Upper Class
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Dead
Occupation:
Armed Forces
Specific Job:
Aviator
First Mentioned:
Origin:
Germany
Cause of Death:
War
Biography:
According to what Bayard tells Jenny and his grandfather Bayard, the German pilot who shot down Johnny Sartoris in combat was named Ploeckner; "one of the best they had," Bayard says (43), adding that he is one of the proteges of Manfred von Richthofen, the pilot known as the "Red Baron." Ploeckner in turn shot down by Bayard.
Ontological Status:
Historical/Real
Individual or Group:
Individual
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