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Böwing-Treuding, Wolfgang (JG 51 "Mölders")

Date of birth:
January 28th, 1922 (Hamburg, Germany)
Date of death:
February 11th, 1943 (Dubnitsa/Pskov Oblast, Soviet Union)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Sebesh
Grave: UNK.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Oberleutnant Wolfgang Adolf Albert Böwing-Treuding
00.06.1941: Leutnant, 8. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 51, campaign in Russia
13.07.1941: 1st victory, a Bomber DB-3
29.07.1941: 2nd victory, a Bomber SB-3
25.08.1941: transferred to the 12./ JG 51
28.08.1941: 3rd victory, a SB-2
17.12.1941: 10th victory,
01.06.1942: Staffelkapitän, Stabsstaffel, IV. Gruppe, JG 51 with 17 victories
01.08.1942: 20th victory, a Il-2 Sturmovik
18.12.1942: Staffelkapitän, 10./ JG 51 with 26 victories
30.10.1942: 34th, 35th and 36th victories, three Il-2 Sturmovik
00.12.1942: achieved 39 victories
11.02.1943: KIA 10km North West of Velikiye Luki when Fw 190 A-4 Werknummer 5.777 downed by anti-aircraft fires while attacking vehicles
24.03.1943: awarded posthumously the Ritterkreuz
Pilot credited with 46 victories on the Eastern Front

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer
Awarded on:
September 13th, 1942
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
II. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders", Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
October 15th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
Staffelführer, 10. Staffel, IV. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders", Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
March 24th, 1943
Awarded for achieving 46 aerial victories in the East including 20 bombers and 15 close support aircraft and 6 Il-2 Sturmoviks

awarded posthumously
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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