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Teumer, Alfred

Date of birth:
February 11th, 1918 (Neustadt am Rübenberge/Hannover, Germany)
Date of death:
October 4th, 1944 (Flugplatz Hesepe-Bramsche/Hannover, Germany)
Buried on:
German War Graves Evangelischer Friedhof
Row: 3. Grave: 3.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Alfred Teumer achieved 76 victories in over 300 operational sorties. He crashed at Hesepe Airfield, Bramsche, in his Messerschmitt Me 262. At that moment he served as Oberleutnant with the Erprobungskommando Nowotny. He was posthumously promoted to Hauptmann.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant
Unit:
IV. / Jagdgeschwader 54
Awarded on:
October 17th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
Staffelkapitän, 7. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 54 "Grünherz", Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
August 19th, 1944
Awarded after 76 aerial victories (of which 10 were in the West).
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 12th, 1943
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg

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