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Piske, Herbert

Date of birth:
November 22nd, 1921 (Osdorf-Pinneberg/Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany)
Date of death:
June 4th, 2010 (Aurich/Lowersaxony, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Flew a total of 783 sorties (including 125 fighter, 412 Stuka and 246 assault pilot). In this time he achieved 3 aerial victories and destroyed 23 tanks.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer
Awarded on:
June 25th, 1943
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
3. Staffel, I. Gruppe, Schlachtgeschwader 10, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
July 26th, 1944

Date of awarding mentioned in BW-Personalakte.
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
Staffelkapitän, 3. Staffel, I. Gruppe, Schlachtgeschwader 10, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
March 15th, 1945
Awarded after flying 720 sorties, most of these as a ground attack pilot.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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