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Birnbaum, Willi (Schlachtgeschwader 1)

Date of birth:
January 9th, 1920 (Guben, Brandenburg, Germany)
Date of death:
May 23rd, 1943 (4 km west/north-west of Krimskaja/Russian SFSR, USSR)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Krasnodar-Apscheronsk
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

23.05.1943: Feldwebel, 6./ Sch.G. 1, KIA when his Fw 190A-5 Werknummer 1128 was hit by Soviet flak at Krymskaya.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel (Sergeant)
Unit:
6.Staffel, II. Gruppe, Schlachtgeschwader 1, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
August 2nd, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel (Sergeant)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer
Awarded on:
September 21st, 1942
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg

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