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Waldow, von, Friedrich (Aufklärungs-Abteilung 218)

Date of birth:
August 26th, 1915 (Stettin, Pomerania, Prussia)
Date of death:
June 10th, 1944 (La Caine, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery La Cambe
Grave: UNK.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Oberstleutnant i.G. Friedrich-Wilhelm Hans Curt Leopold VON WALDOW

01.04.1936: promoted to Leutnant (444)
07.10.1936: Zugf!ührer, 3. Schwadron, Panzer-Regiment 6, Neuruppin
12.07.1937: Stab, II. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 6, Neuruppin
10.11.1938: Stab, I. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 6, Neuruppin
01.03.1939: promoted to Oberleutnant (82)
18.06.1940-01.02.1942: Oberleutnant, O1, Stab, 3. Panzer-Division
01.02.1942: promoted to Rittmeister (620)
00.03.1942: Rittmeister, Kompanie-Chef, 2. Schwadron, Panzer-Regiment 6, 2. Panzer-Division
00.00.1942: Rittmeister, Chef, 1. Schwadron, Aufklärungs-Abteilung 218, 218. Infanterie-Division
01.02.1944: promoted to Major (20)
10.06.1944: Major i.G., Id, Stab, Panzergruppe West, KIA during the bombardment of his Headquarters at La Caine in Normandy
00.06.1944: posthumously promoted to Oberstleutnant i.G. - RDA 01.06.1944

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Rittmeister
Unit:
Chef, 1. Schwadron, Aufklärungs-Abteilung 218, 218. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
June 23rd, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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