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Haugk, Helmut (Zerstörergeschwader 26)

Date of birth:
February 24th, 1914 (Gelsenkirchen-Buer,Westphalia)
Date of death:
January 28th, 1992 (Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Hauptmann and Kommodore des Jagdschulgeschwaders JG 192. Credited with 18 aerial victories (including 6 four-engined bombers) and a total of 435 missions flown.

Promotions:
May 1940: Feldwebel
February 1942: Oberfeldwebel
January 15th, 1943: Leutnant
July 01st, 1943: Oberleutnant
January 01st, 1944: Hauptmann

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 30th, 1939
doc signed by Oberst und Geschwaderkommodore FD 3
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 13th, 1939
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 23rd, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 1st, 1941
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:
7. Staffel, III. Gruppe, Zerstörergeschwader 26 "Horst Wessel", Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
February 14th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer, 9. Staffel, III. Gruppe, Zerstörergeschwader 26 "Horst Wessel", Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
December 21st, 1942
Awarded for his successes as a destroyer pilot, which included the following materiel destroyed…

- 12 aerial victories.
- 3 Blenheim bombers destroyed on the ground
- 40 AFVs
- 50 trucks
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 16th, 1944
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
with clasp '400'
Frontflugspange für Zerstörer in Gold mit Anhänger und Einzatszahl

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