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Könneke, Joachim

Date of birth:
June 11th, 1914
Date of death:
February 23rd, 1945
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Joachim Könneke enlisted on 1st October 1935 and was inaugurated on 19th November.

Promotions:
1st October 1936: Gefreiter;
30th September 1937: Unteroffizier der Reserve;
1st March 1940: Feldwebel;
1st June 1940: Oberfeldwebel;
1st November 1940: Leutnant;
1st November 1942: Oberleutnant;
5th December 1943: Oberleutnant Staffelführer 5. / Kampfgeschwader 27;
1st March 1944: Oberleutnant Staffelkapitän 5. / Kampfgeschwader 27.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
II. / Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"
Awarded on:
July 10th, 1943
Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger in Bronze
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
II. / Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"
Awarded on:
July 19th, 1943
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
II. / Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"
Awarded on:
August 26th, 1943
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
II. / Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"
Awarded on:
December 30th, 1943
Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
Staffelkapitän 5. / Kampfgeschwader 27
Awarded on:
March 20th, 1944

Date accordign to Wehrpass. On 24th April 1944 published in the Ehrenliste der Deutschen Luftwaffe.
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
Staffelkapitän 5. / Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"
Awarded on:
June 13th, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Date according to Wehrpass.
Date publication in the Luftwaffen-verordnungsblatt is 1st October 1944.
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
Staffelkapitän 5. / Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"
Awarded on:
February 25th, 1945
Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger in Gold mit Anhänger und einzatszahl

With sortie number "200"

Sources

  • Photo 1: Wehrpass
  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
    - Patzwall K.D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Studien zur Geschichte der Auszeichnungen, Band 6, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008, ISBN 978-3-931533-08-3
    - Wehrpass

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