Habicht, Peter (Zerstörergeschwader 26)
- Date of birth:
- August 21st, 1911 (Bieber/Hesse, Germany)
- Date of death:
- January 11th, 1944 (near Ottleben/Braunschweig, Germany)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery Offenbach
Row: 2. Grave: 3.
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Peter Habricht was killed on January 11th, 1944 during a dogfight in his Messerschmitt Me 410 A-1, after he was shot down by 1st Lieutenant Robert W. Stephens (North American P-51), 3km northwest of Ottleben.
At that moment he had achieved two air victories (February 22nd, 1942 Boeing B-17 near Malta and October 25th, 1942, Bristol Beaufighter).
Career:
?: 7. Staffel, Zerstörergeschwader 26;
? - 8 november 1941: Staffelkapitän, 11. Staffel, Zerstörergeschwader 26;
?: 8. Staffel, Zerstörergeschwader 26;
August 27th, 1942: Staffelkapitän, 10. Staffel, Zerstörergeschwader 26;
?: Staffelkapitän, 11. Staffel, Zerstörergeschwader 26;
September 17th, 1943: Kommandeur, Ergänzungs-Zerstörergruppe (Braunschweig-Broitzem).
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Sources
- Photo 1: Dr. Wolf-Ingo Seidelmann
- - 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.
- Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries, Section G-K, Version: 01.04.2019., By: Henry L. deZeng IV and Douglas G. Stankey
- Zerstörergeschwader 26 "Horst Wessel" - ZG 26: Allgemeine Informationen zum Geschwader
- Volksbund
- Zerstörergeschwader 26 - ZG 26
- Sterbeurkunde