Date of birth:

February 22nd, 1919 (Telfs/Tirol, Austria)

Date of death:

May 8th, 2009 (Innsbruck, Austria)

Nationality:

Austrian (1938-1945, Reichsgau)

After the Second World War, Johann Schweigl served with the Austrian Bundeswehr, reaching the rank of Generalleutnant.

00.04.1941: Stab, St.G. 2
24.05.1941: Leutnant, Stab, St.G. 2, MIA shot down and WIA - Do 17 P coded 'T6+EA' near Iráklion - briefly captured
05.07.1942: Stab, St.G. 2, WIA - Ju 87 D-3 shot up near Petrowsk
19.10.1942: Lt., awarded the Ehrenpokal
01.11.1942: promoted to Oberleutnant / A1
02.06.1943: 10./ LG 1
04.06.1943: Oblt. in Stab, St.G. 2, awarded the DKiG
24.06.1943: Oblt., in II./ LG 1, WIA during Allied air attack on Salonika-Sedes airfield
00.09.1943: Oblt. in 6.(F)/ Aufkl.Gr. 123

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• - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008.