Walter, Kurt
- Date of birth:
- October 23rd, 1911 (Dauernheim/Hesse, Germany)
- Date of death:
- October 26th, 1942 (El Daba, Egypt)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery El Alamein
Plot: 1. - Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Sturzkampfgeschwader 3
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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- III. / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3
- Awarded on:
- September 9th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur III. / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3
- Awarded on:
- March 26th, 1943
“Hauptmann Walter sunk (among other things) the English cruiser ‘Coventry’, a destroyer and 20000 GRT of merchant shipping whilst serving in the Mediterranean. During the battle of Tobruk he paved the way for our ground troops by destroying enemy fortifications. This brave officer fell at the head of his Geschwader.”
By this time Walter had flown a total of 184 sorties (including 58 as a bomber pilot).
Awarded posthumously.
- 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.
- KUROWSKI, F., Knight's Cross Holders of the Afrikakorps, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Atglen, United States, 1996.
- 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.
- Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.
- Die Grenz-Zeitung (Edition 145)
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