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Schlichting, Herbert Rudolf

Date of birth:
October 5th, 1919 (Gottesgabe/Mecklenburg, Germany)
Date of death:
August 18th, 1941 (Norodepil/Faroe Islands, Danmark)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Grove
Plot: 2. Row: 2. Grave: 76.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Herbert Rudolf Schilling was killed on August 18th, 1941as Bordfunker with the rank of Unteroffizier in the crash of Junkers Ju 88A-5/F, "A6+HH", Nr. 746 on the Faroe Islands. The aircraft of 1. (F) / Aufklärungsgruppe 120 with its homebase at Stavanger-Sola, flew with the crew Flugzeugführer Oberleutnant Walter Budden, Beobachter Leutnant Bodo Möller, Bordfunker Rudolf Schlichting and Bordschütze Feldwebel Adolf Kühne and collided in heavy fog on the slopes of mountain Lokki near Norodepil.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier
Unit:
1.(F) Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe 120, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
April 6th, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier
Unit:
1.(F) Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe 120, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
June 1st, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

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