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Findeisen, Herbert (Nahaufklärungsgruppe 4)

Date of birth:
July 11th, 1913 (Crimmitschau/Saxony, Germany)
Date of death:
May 11th, 1963 (Heide/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Herbert Findeisen promoted to Hauptmann on APril 1st 1942.
Was part of the 1 / Nahaufklärungsgruppe 4 from May 30th 1943 until July 15th 1943, of 2 / Nahaufklärungsgruppe 4 between August 2nd 1943 and February 18th 1944 and was Gruppen Kommandeur with II / Jagdgeschwader 54 from February 1945 until May 1945.
He achieved a total of 67 victory's, all on the Eastern Front, of which 30 between May 1943 and February 1944.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 3rd, 1937
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 2nd, 1940
Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
2. Staffel, Nahaufklärungsgruppe 13, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
February 12th, 1943
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
2. Staffel, Nahaufklärungsgruppe 13, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
February 28th, 1943
Frontflugspange für Aufklärer in Bronze
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
2. Staffel, Nahaufklärungsgruppe 13, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
March 22nd, 1943
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
1. Staffel, Nahaufklärungsgruppe 4, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
June 20th, 1943
Frontflugspange für Aufklärer in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:
2. Staffel, Nahaufklärungsgruppe 4, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
August 11th, 1943
Frontflugspange für Aufklärer in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer, 1. Staffel, Nahaufklärungsgruppe 4, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
August 31st, 1943

Published in the Ehrenliste der Deutschen Luftwaffe on 13-9-1943.
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:
2. Staffel, Nahaufklärungsgruppe 4, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
November 26th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer und Beobachter, 2. Staffel, Nahaufklärungsgruppe 4, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
February 29th, 1944
Awarded after achieving 36 aerial victories while serving with aerial reconnaissance units.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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