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Nossek, Rainer

Date of birth:
May 5th, 1920 (Huttendorf Kr. Hohenelbe/Bohemia, Czechoslovakia)
Date of death:
April 30th, 1945 (Flugplatz Sülte/Schwerin/Mecklenburg, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Flew a total of approximately 800 sorties in the East.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier
Unit:
Flugzeugführer
Awarded on:
November 2nd, 1942
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel
Unit:
4./Stuka-Geschwader 2
Awarded on:
July 12th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel (Sergeant)
Unit:
10. (Pz)/Schlachtgeschwader 3
Awarded on:
October 29th, 1944
Awarded after flying over 600 sorties, during which he destroyed 73 tanks as well as a destroyer and an oil tanker on the Volga.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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