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Roßmann, Edmund

Date of birth:
January 11th, 1918 (Caaschwitz/Thuringia, Germany)
Date of death:
April 4th, 2005 (Krefeld/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Flew a total of 640 sorties during the war, during which he achieved 93 aerial victories.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier
Unit:
Flugzeugführer III. / Jagdgeschwader 52
Awarded on:
November 17th, 1941
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel (Sergeant)
Unit:
III. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 52, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
January 22nd, 1942

Written in Patzwall / Scherzer as Edmund Rossmann.
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel (Sergeant)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer, 7. Staffel, III. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 52, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
March 19th, 1942
Awarded after 42 aerial victories.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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