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Jacobs, Hermann (Kampfgeschwader 30)

Date of birth:
February 13th, 1920 (Hamburg)
Date of death:
May 28th, 1943 (Banak, Norway)
Buried on:
Yugoslav War Cemetery Botn-Rognan
Grave: UNK.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

28.05.1943: Feldwebel, Flugzeugführer, 2. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 30, KIC when Ju 88A-4 Werknummer 142.197 sustained a non-operational mid-air collision at Akkansuolo-Porsanger in Map Quadrant 27 East/4183 with another Ju 88 Ju 88A-4 Werknummer 142.400 coded "4D + EK" flown by Oberfeldwebel DKiG Johannes Lehmann of 2./ KG-30 - remaining both crews:
-Ofw DKiG Johannes Lehmann, Flugzeugführer, KIC
-Ofw Erwin Malsch (o07.09.1917), Bordfunker, KIC
-Uffz Helmut Diebold (o09.04.1919), Beobachter, KIC
-Uffz Kurt Hieronimus (o13.05.1920), Bordschütze, KIC

-Fw Hermann Jacobs (o13.02.1920), Flugzeugführer, KIC
-Fw Heinz Weisgel (o12.05.1920), Bordfunker, KIC
-Fw Kurt Dammerau, Bordschütze, unknown status
-Oblt Neuhaus, Beobachter, survived

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer
Awarded on:
January 17th, 1944
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg

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