Rein, Willi (Kampfgeschwader 53)
- Date of birth:
- April 14th, 1914 (Schorndorf, Germany)
- Date of death:
- August 21st, 1944 (Seine-Port, France)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery Noyers-Pont-Maugis
Plot: 4. Grave: 2759. - Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
19.08.1943: Oberfeldwebel, Flugzeugführer, Stab, KG 53, WIA when He 111H-16 Werknummer 160.965 coded "A1 + AA" was attacked by by Soviet fighters near Byvalki
21.08.1944: Oberfeldwebel, Flugzeugführer, Stab, KG 53, MIA when He 111H-16 Werknummer 161.433 coded "A1 + AA" failed to return from a supply drop mission in the Seine Port area northwest of Melun
Remaining crew (MIA) :
-Ofw Heinrich Prestel, Beobachter
-Ofw Georg Schmeling (DKiG), Bordfunker
-Ofw Kurt Schrang, Bordmechaniker
-Fw Erich Stephan (DKiG), Borschütze
Pilot credited with 417 combat missions
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Flugzeugführerabzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer
- Awarded on:
- February 16th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- 5. Staffel, Kampf-Geschwader 53
- Awarded on:
- April 9th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 19th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, Stabsstaffel, Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor"
- Awarded on:
- September 5th, 1944
Awarded posthumously.
Sources
- - URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
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