Ubben, Kurt
- Date of birth:
- November 18th, 1911 (Dorstadt, Germany)
- Date of death:
- April 27th, 1944 (near Fère-en-Tardenois, France)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Kurt Ubben was killed over France on April 24th, 1944. At that moment he served as Kommodore Jagdgeschwader 2 with the rank of Major.
Over the course of the war he achieved 110 aerial victories (20 of which were in the West) and also destroyed 26 aircraft on the ground, 15 tanks and 1 torpedo boat.
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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän 8. / Jagdgeschwader 77
- Awarded on:
- September 4th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- 8. / Jagdgeschwader 77
- Awarded on:
- December 9th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur III. / Jagdgeschwader 77
- Awarded on:
- March 12th, 1942
80th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 10th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 1940
Sources
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- KUROWSKI, F., Knight's Cross Holders of the Afrikakorps, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Atglen, United States, 1996.
- OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1998.
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