Fliegel, Fritz

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Date of birth:: November 30th, 1907 (Deutsch-Wilmersdorf,Brandenburg)
Date of death:: July 18th, 1941 (Atlantic Ocean)
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:: Kommandeur, I. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 40, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:: March 25th, 1941

Awarded for his achievements as a Fw 200 Condor pilot and Staffelkapitän. He was credited with at least 7 Allied ships sunk and a further 6 damaged. His greatest success was the sinking of 5 ships from convoy HG-53 by a flight of five Fw 200s under his command, for which he was named in the OKW communiqué of the 10.02.1941.

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Photo 1: Igor Poul
- URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.
- das-ritterkreuz.de

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