Schweizer, Ignaz 'Natz' (Schlachtgeschwader 10)
- Date of birth:
- June 13th, 1919 (Roßwangen/Württemberg, Germany)
- Date of death:
- October 26th, 1944 (Tapiószentmárton, Hungary)
- Buried on:
- German-Hungarian War Cemetery Budaörs
Grave: UNK. - Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Ignaz or Ignatz Schweizer
Credited with 585 combat missions
26.10.1944: KIFA when his Fw 190 crashed for unknown reasons on a return trip from a mission 3 km south of Tapioszentmarton, 60 km southeast of Budapest Hungary
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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel (Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, 8. Staffel, Schlachtgeschwader 10
- Awarded on:
- September 30th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier
- Unit:
- 5. Staffel, Sturzkampfgeschwader 77
- Awarded on:
- May 17th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer
- Awarded on:
- December 21st, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- OBERMAIER, ERNST, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Verlag Dieter Hoffmann, Mainz, 1976.
- 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.
- Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.
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