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Schabel, Virgil (Aufklärungsgruppe 11)

Date of birth:
February 17th, 1917 (Schwäbisch-Gmund - Germany)
Date of death:
June 21st, 2012 (Aalen, Baden Wurtemberg - Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

1940: served in 2.(F)/ Aufklärungs-Gruppe 11
16.08.1941: Leutnant, 2.(F)/ Aufkl.Gr. 11 - WIA Do 17 P shot down by fighters vic Gorki
16.02.1942: Leutnant and Beobachter, awarded the Ehrenpokal
01.07.1942: RDA for Oberleutnant (Kr.O./Fl.)
09.09.1942: Leutnant serivng in 2.(F)/ Aufkl.Gr. 11, awarded the DKiG
01.01.1943: transferred from the Heer to the Luftwaffe
06.03.1943: Oberleutnant, 2.(F)/ Aufkl.Gr. 11 WIA - vic Kharkov due to fighters

Survived the war - Dipl.-Brauingenieur working for the Löwenbrauerei Wasseralfingen in Aalen

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
2.(F)/ Aufklärungsgruppe 11
Awarded on:
September 9th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
Beobachter - 2.(F)/ Aufklärungsgruppe 11
Awarded on:
February 16th, 1942
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
Beobachter - 2.(F)/ Aufklärungsgruppe 11
Awarded on:
August 16th, 1941
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
Beobachter - 2.(F)/ Aufklärungsgruppe 11
Frontflugspange für Aufklärer in Bronze

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