Date of birth:

March 30th, 1914 (Burgstädt-Rochlitz/Saxony, Germany)

Date of death:

June 6th, 1944 (English Channel)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Eberhard Stüwe was killed on June 6th, 1944 over the English Channel, North of Cherbourg.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)

Unit:

Flugzeugführer

Awarded on:

January 25th, 1943

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)

Unit:

5. / Kampfgeschwader 26

Awarded on:

August 16th, 1943

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)

Unit:

m.d.F.b. III. / Kampfgeschwader 77

Awarded on:

September 5th, 1944

Awarded for his successes as a pilot since the beginning of the war on all fronts, including Poland, Norway, the English Channel, the Mediterranean, the southern sector of the Eastern front, Italy and Normandy.

Awarded posthumously.

• - 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.
  - PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008.
  - URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.