Date of birth:

November 30th, 1916 (Vienna, Austria)

Date of death:

May 18th, 2007 (Linz/Upper Austria, Austria)

Nationality:

Austrian (1938-1945, Reichsgau)

Ferdinand Foltin served after 1945 in the Austrian Bundesheer.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Hauptmann (Captain)

Unit:

Kommandeur, II. Bataillon, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3, 1. Fallschirmjäger-Division, Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

June 9th, 1944

Awarded for his command achievements during the Second Battle of Monte Cassino. He had a decisive role in the success of his Kampfgruppe by deploying what limited forces were available to the hotspots of the fighting in a timely and tactically sound fashion.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• Photo 1: Willi Schumacher
• Photo: Willi Schumacher collection
  
• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1986.
  - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
  - Fallschirmjägerkameradschaft Düsseldorf "Dr. Heinrich Neumann"