Decker, Otto (Jagdgeschwader 52)
- Date of birth:
- November 11th, 1915
- Date of death:
- August 27th, 1942 (Novo Nikolskoje/Russian SFSR, USSR)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery Rossoshki
Plot: Würfel 12. Row: Platte 14. Grave: UNK. - Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Oberleutnant Karl Otto Decker
00.00.1939-00.00.1940: with Jagdgeschwader 71
18.05.1940: Lt., 8./ JG-52, 1st victory, a Hawk-75A south of Metz
25.07.1940: Lt., 8./ JG 52, 2nd victory, a Spitfire East of Margate
31.05.1941: Lt., 8./ JG 52, WIA crash landed his Bf 109F-4 at Maleme, Crete
06.12.1941-28.04.1942: Olt., Staka, 8./ JG 52
29.04.1942-09.06.1942: Olt., Staka, 9./ JG 52
10.06.1942-28.07.1942: Olt., Staka, 8./ JG 52
28.07.1942-27.08.1942: Staka, Kommando Stalingrad
02.08.1942: first Soviet victories, a Hurricane and a MiG-1
15.08.1942: an I-16 Rata and a MiG-3
27.08.1942: KIA when Bf 109G-2 Werknummer 13.529 coded "Black 4 + ^^" shot down by flak at Stalingrad and belli-landed at Novo Nikolskoye
Pilot credited with 40 victories
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Flugzeugführerabzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- 8. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 52
- Awarded on:
- May 23rd, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- III. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 52
- Awarded on:
- September 4th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- 7. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 52
- Awarded on:
- May 15th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Awarded on:
- January 11th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer
- Awarded on:
- September 7th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- x. Staffel, x. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader x, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- November 16th, 1942
Sources
- Photo 1:
- - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008.
- Several verleihungsurkunde via gielsmilitaria.com
- Otto Decker | Gräbersuche-Online
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