Röwer, Herbert
- Date of birth:
- June 10th, 1918 (Hörne/Hannover, Germany)
- Date of death:
- March 5th, 1943 (Kharkov/Ukrainian SSR, USSR)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Promotions:
November 1st, 1936: Gefreiter;
April 1st, 1939: Unteroffizier;
October 1st, 1940: Feldwebel;
September 1st, 1942: Oberfeldwebel.
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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, 9.(Eis) Staffel, III. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 3 "Blitz", Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- July 3rd, 1943
- 59 locomotives
- 14 railroad trains
- 18 tanks
- 90 trucks
- 2 anti-aircraft batteries
Röwer also damaged 25 additional tanks and 11 locomotives.
Awarded posthumously.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- 4. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 3 "Blitz", Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- October 20th, 1942
According to the Vorschlag of the Ritterkreuz awarded on 1-11-1942.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 6th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 6th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 29th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- January 30th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- January 5th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 13th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 1st, 1941
Sources
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.
- Vorschlag für die Verleihung des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes
- ww2.dk
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