Behnke, Kurt (Aufklärungsgruppe 124)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
29.09.1939: Leutnant, RLM pool transferred to Aufklärungs-Gruppe 122
23.11.1939: Lt., 5.(F)/ Aufkl.Gr. 122, POW when Do 17 P coded 'F6+HM' shot down by Moranes of GC III/6, the aircraft crashed at Bras-sur-Meuse, north of Verdun - entire crew bailed safely to become POWs :
-Uffz H. Schrutek
-Uffz A. Hermann
15.11.1941-25.02.1942: Oblt., Stafü, 1.(F)/ Aufkl.Gr. 124
09.06.1942-00.05.1943: Oblt., Stafü, 1.(F)/ Aufkl.Gr. 124
09.07.1942: mentioned in dispatches as having particularly distinguished himself in operations against Allied convoys off Norway
01.10.1942: promoted to Hauptmann
10.10.1942-07.06.1943: Hptm., Staka, 1.(F)/ Aufkl.Gr. 124
07.06.1943: Hptm., transferred to 1.(F)/ Aufkl.Gr. 120
14.07.1943-00.02.1944: Staka, 1.(F)/ Aufkl.Gr. 120
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Flugzeugführerabzeichen
- 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)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Awarded on:
- May 25th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- 1.(Fern) Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe 124, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- November 9th, 1942
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