Winckler, Rainer
- Date of birth:
- September 3rd, 1919 (Battenberger am Eder/Hesse-Nassau, Germany)
- Date of death:
- November 1st, 1943 (Bobriza/Ukrainian SSR, USSR)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Rainer Winckler was posthumously promoted to Major.
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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- 9. / Grenadier-Regiment 57
- Awarded on:
- February 14th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Unit:
- Führer III. / Grenadier-Regiment 57
- Awarded on:
- October 21st, 1943
“On the 30.09.1943 Hauptmann Rainer Winckler (Bataillon commander in a Siegen Grenadier-Regiment) and his Bataillon held a village north of Melitopol that was located right in the path of the enemy’s main effort at achieving a breakthrough. This brave Bataillon commander was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross on the 21.10.1943. On the 01.11.1943 he died a heroic death during the continued combat in the East.”
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 17th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Gelsenkirchener Allgemeine Zeitung (Edition 346)
- Ek1-Trager
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