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Conrad, Gerhard (Aufklärungsgruppe 41)

Date of birth:
May 18th, 1906 (Wittenberg)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

01.06.1942: RDA for Oberleutnant (Kr.O./Fl.)
01.01.1943: transferred from the Heer to the Luftwaffe
03.04.1943: Oblt. and Beobachter in 5.(H)/ Aufkl.Gr. 41, MIA – in Fw 189 A-1 overdue on a flight from Taganrog to Voroshilovgrad, but later returned to German custody
13.09.1943: Oblt. and Beobachter, awarded the Ehrenpokal
30.09.1943: Oblt. and Beobachter (observer) in NAGr. 1, injured in Fw 189 A-3 crash-landing in south-central Ukraine
28.01.1944: Oblt. in 5.(H)/ Aufkl.Gr. 41, awarded the DKiG

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
Beobachter
Awarded on:
September 13th, 1943
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 1943
WIA 30.09.1943
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
5.(H) Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe 41, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
January 28th, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Sources

  • Photo 1: Igor Poul
  • - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
    - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
    - Patzwall K.D., Hauptmann Ernst-Siegfried Steen - Ritterkreuzträger im "Goldenen Buch der Flieger", pagina 217-225, Militaria magazine 6/2008, November-Dezember 2008, 31.Jahrgang, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, ISSN 0724-3529

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