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Richter, Johannes (LW-Nachtjagdflieger)

Date of birth:
September 20th, 1917 (Kostenblut/Silesia, Germany)
Date of death:
April 24th, 2008 (Dresden/Saxony, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel
Unit:
II. / Nachtjagdgeschwader 5
Awarded on:
October 17th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel
Unit:
Bordfunker Stab / Nachtjagdgeschwader 10
Awarded on:
September 30th, 1944
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Sources

  • Photo: Ritterkreuztraeger 1939-1945
  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
    - 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
    - Ritterkreuztraeger 1939-1945
    - Beyerlein Norbert

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