Global InformationKlaus Bechler information
Klaus Bechler | |
|---|---|
| Born | Klaus Bechler 1942 (age 81–82) |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | helicopter engineer |
Klaus Bechler (29 October 1942 – 16 July 2023)[1] was a former German helicopter engineer of the West German Border Guard (Bundesgrenzschutz) who volunteered to transport eight Black September terrorists and their nine Israeli hostages from the Munich Olympic Village to Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base in what became known as the Munich Massacre. He is one of the few survivors of the event.
Bechler was based at Oberschleißheim at the Fliegerstaffel Süd. On 4 September, Bechler had been in the Olympic stadium and saw the German high jumper, Ulrike Meyfarth, win gold.[2]
- ^ "Klaus Bechler". .trauer38.de (in German).
- ^ Schmitz, Joachim (21 July 2012). "Drama bei Olympia 1972: Der in die Hölle flog: Klaus Bechler transportierte 1972 Geiseln und Terroristen". Osnabrücker Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 9 August 2018.