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Bock, Gerhard (Aufklärungsgruppe 100)

Date of birth:
December 18th, 1917 (Bayreuth/Bavaria, Germany)
Date of death:
July 4th, 1944 (Mozyr-Ovruch-SarnyŁuniniec area, Poland)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Kiev-Syrez
Grave: UNK.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

00.00.1939: resided in München
01.09.1940: RDA for Oberleutnant
01.03.1943: Oblt. in 1.(H)/Aufkl.Gr. 21, transferred from the Heer to the Luftwaffe
01.07.1943: in 1.(H)/ Aufkl.Gr. 21, promoted to Hauptmann
10.09.1943-03.11.1943: transferred to 2./ Erg.FAGr.
04.11.1943-04.07.1944: transferred to 1.(F)/ Aufkl.Gr. 100
01.05.1944: Hauptmann, unhurt? - shot down behind the lines but walked back
15.05.1944: Hptm., awarded the Ehrenpokal
13.06.1944 (or 01.10.1944): Hptm., observer (Beobachter) and
Staka 1.(F)/ Aufkl.Gr. 100, awarded the DKiG
04.07.1944: Hptm., 1.(F)/ Aufkl.Gr. 100 (FAGr. 2), MIA - in Ju 88 D-1 coded 'T5+JH' lost in the Mozyr-Ovruch-SarnyŁuniniec area in eastern Poland, circumstances unknown
01.08.1944: still officially listed as MIA

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Awarded on:
May 15th, 1944
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:
x. Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe x, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
October 1st, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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