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Flügel, Wolfgang (Waffen SS)

Date of birth:
July 3rd, 1921 (Leipzig)
Date of death:
February 13th, 1945 (Piliscsaba tunnel)
Service number:
SS-Nr.: 421.027 (V) // NSDAP-Nr.:
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

01.09.1939: joined the NSDAP
00.00.1939: RAD
01.10.1939: joined the SS
00.00.1939: SS-Junker, SS-Junkerschule Bad Tölz
00.00.1940: SS-Reiterschule München Riem
00.07.1941: SS-Kavallerie-Regiment 1, SS-Kavallerie-Brigade
20.12.1941: SS-Oberjunker, Spähtrupp, 3.Schwadron, SS-Kavallerie Regiment 2, SS-Kavallerie Brigade
30.01.1942: 3. Schwadron, SS-Kavallerie-Regiment 2
07.03.1942: SS-Ustuf, slightly WIA at Rusev
00.05.1942-00.04.1943: SS-Ustuf, SS-Reiter-Ersatz-Bataillon, München
00.05.1943: SS-Ustuf, Lehrgang, Bromberg
25.07.1943: SS-Ustuf, Luftschutz-Ausbildungs-Bataillon, München
09.11.1943: promoted to SS-Obersturmführer
00.06.1944: SS-Ostuf, Zugführer, 4. Schwadron, SS-Reiter-Regiment 15, SS-Kavallerie-Brigade 8 'Florian Geyer' - Pécsvárad, Hungary
26.07.1944: SS-Ostuf, Führer, 4. Schwadron, SS-Reiter-Regiment 15, SS-Kavallerie-Brigade 8 'Florian Geyer'
00.09.1944: North Transylvania
00.11.1944-00.12.1944: Attila I line, Maglód-Pécel
04.11.1944: SS-Ostuf, slightly WIA to the hand
00.12.1944: evacuated to a Lazarett with diphtheria
25.12.1944: Buda, Pálvölgy, Ostrom utca
12.02.1945: Buda hills, north of Nagykovácsi

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 7th, 1942
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant)
Unit:
SS-Kavallerie-Regiment 15, 8. SS-Kavallerie-Division "Florian Geyer", Waffen-SS
Awarded on:
January 27th, 1945
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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