This page is in memory of Captain Kurt Grosschopff.

On February 2, 1938 he and his crew saved the life of Italian pilot Mario Stoppani in a spectacular rescue operation.

Stoppani's plane caught fire and crashed into the South Atlantic off the coast of Brazil.           

Out of a crew of 5 Stoppani was the only survivor.

Kölnische Illustrierte Zeitung, Nr. 6, Seite 175, 1938 (both pictures)