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Gren, Kurt (JG 3)

Date of birth:
September 8th, 1920 (Wien)
Date of death:
August 23rd, 1944 (Wiener-Neustadt)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Blumau
Plot: 4. Row: 7. Grave: 370.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

00.07.1942: Gefreiter, 4./ JG-1
28.07.1942: Gefreiter, uninjured, crashed on take-off with Fw 190A-2 Werknummer 0358 coded "Black PI + LH" at the Woensdrecht Holland airfield
02.08.1942: 2nd crashed, uninjured, Fw 190A-3 Werknummer 2134 hit obstruction on landing at Woensdrecht
00.05.1943: 2./ JG-51
05.05.1943: His first known Soviet victory, a Yak-4
08.05.1943: downed a LaGG-5
18.08.1943: downed Two Pe-2s North of Akhtyrka
30.08.1943: downed 1 LaGG-5 East of Yelnya
01.09.1943: 1 LaGG-5 South of Berniki
02.09.1943: Three Pe-2s NW of Yelnya
21.10.1943: 1 Yak-9
24.10.1943: dammaged Fw 190A-6 Werknummer 550504
30.04.1944: 1 Yak-7
00.07.1944: 16(Sturmjäger)./ JG-3
07.07.1944: his 14th victory, a B-24 in the Oschersleben area
29.07.1944: 4 victories, a B-17 at Laucha, a B-17 (HSS) at Naumburg, a flak-damaged B-17 at Laucha, and a P-51 at Bad Bibra
03.08.1944: his 18th victory, a B-24 W of Oberammergau
15.08.1944: his 19th, a B-17 in the Daun-Kyllberg area
16.08.1944: his 20th and 21st, both P-47s over France
22.08.1944: his 22nd, a B-24 at Nagykanisza Maru
23.08.1944: his 23rd, a B-24 E of Mariazell, the date of his death - Feldwebel, KIA with Fw 190A-8/R8 Werknummer 681277

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel (Sergeant)
Unit:
x. Staffel, x. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader x, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
January 1st, 1945
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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