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Kintrup, Alfons (Kampfgeschwader 55 "Greif")

Date of birth:
July 20th, 1923 (Cuxhaven, Duhnen/Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg, Germany)
Date of death:
April 1st, 1944 (over Kowel/Generalbezirk Wolhynien-Podolien/Reichskommissariat Ukraine (krainian SSR, USSR))
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Potylicz / Potelitsch
Grave: UNK.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

VDK gives 20.07.1922 as his date of birth
01.12.1942: Feldwebel, promoted to Leutnant (Fl.)
08.11.1943: Leutnant, (pilot) awarded the Ehrenpokal
01.04.1944: Leutnant, 6./ KG 55, KIA - He 111 H-16 coded 'G1+EP' received fire near Kowel

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer
Awarded on:
November 8th, 1943
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
6. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 55 "Greif", Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
July 6th, 1944
posthumously awarded
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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