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Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg

The "Luftwaffen Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg" (Goblet for outstanding achievements in aerial warfare) was instituted by Hermann Göring on February 27th, 1940. On Janaury 12th, 1940, his birthday, the "Freunden der Luftwaffe" (Friends of the Air Force), the Reichsverband der Deutschen Luftfahrt-Industrie (State association of German aircraft industry) donated an amount of money to him in order to institute a "Luftwaffen Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg." The institution as per February 27th, 1940 was made public on March 11th, 1940.
The first awards were only published from September 1st, 1941 onwards in the “Ehrenliste der Deutschen Luftwaffe” (List of Fame of the German Air Force). Presentations prior to that date were not made public
The date of the awarding, as well as name and rank of the recipient were engraved in the base of the goblet. With the goblet, a certificate was presented, containing the name and rank of the recipient, the reason for the award and the date of the presentation. Only rank, name and unit were added to the List of Fame. The date of presentation was not recorded so from those lists only the date of publication on the List of Fame could be learned

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Wachowiak, Friedrich "Friedel"* February 13th, 1920
† July 16th, 1944
Plot: 17 Grave: 2032

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Wagenfeld, Ludwig* February 16th, 1911
† February 26th, 1993

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Wagner, Edmund (Jagdgeschwader 51)* December 5th, 1914
† November 13th, 1941
Grave: UNK

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Wagner, Gerhard A. (NJG 5)* January 1st, 1923

Wagner, Gottfried (Luftwaffe)* May 31st, 1916
† January 22nd, 1945

Wagner, Heinz (Wekusta 5)* November 7th, 1919
† July 23rd, 1942
Plot: B Grave: 1004

Wagner, Rolf* March 16th, 1922
† May 30th, 1944

Wagner, Rudolf* October 29th, 1921
† December 11th, 1943

Wahl, Karl (Lw-AG 13)* April 7th, 1915
† July 16th, 1943

Wahn, Rudolf* January 23rd, 1922
† March 18th, 1943

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Waldecker, Helmut* September 3rd, 1914
† April 25th, 1966

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Waldmann, Hans-Peter "Dackel"* September 24th, 1922
† March 18th, 1945

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Walter, Albert (Lw-JG 51)* March 18th, 1918
† July 13th, 1943

Walter, Gerhard (Kampf-Geschwader 3)* January 4th, 1923
† December 31st, 1944
Plot: B Row: 4 Grave: 11

Walter, Rudolf (Nachtjagdgeschwader 1)* August 4th, 1920
† February 26th, 1944

Walther, Gerhard Martin (SG 4)* June 17th, 1920
† May 18th, 1944
Plot: C Grave: 956

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Waltz, Oskar* December 23rd, 1918
† July 4th, 1944

Walz, Albrecht* June 17th, 1919
† April 11th, 1943

Wandel, Joachim* May 7th, 1914
† October 7th, 1942

Wappler, Fritz* September 16th, 1916
† October 9th, 1943

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Wappler, Horst* January 4th, 1914

Warganz, Ernst* December 14th, 1917
† May 14th, 1943

Warneke, Heinz* February 8th, 1912

Waschk, Herbert* January 19th, 1917
† November 10th, 1943
Plot: 37 Row: 9 Grave: 281

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Wastrack, Rudolf* April 25th, 1918

Waterbeck, Karl* January 1st, 1915
† January 21st, 1944
Plot: 1 Row: 7 Grave: 235

Weber, Hans* November 24th, 1915
† October 4th, 1942

Weber, Johannes* May 16th, 1910
† November 26th, 1943

Weber, Karl-Heinz (Lw-JG 51)* January 30th, 1922
† June 7th, 1944

Wehling, Herbert, Klaus* March 11th, 1920

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Wehmeyer, Alfred* April 21st, 1919
† June 1st, 1942

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Wehnelt, Herbert* September 20th, 1918

Wehrmann, Heinrich (Kampfgeschwader 53)* February 26th, 1920
† December 25th, 1942
Grave: UNK

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Weible, Ernst* December 7th, 1912
† March 25th, 1944

Weichenhain, Friedrich* April 6th, 1921
† June 15th, 1944

Weidtke, Kurt* May 20th, 1912

Weihrauch, Werner* August 22nd, 1916
† August 22nd, 1999

Weik, Hans (Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet")* July 6th, 1922
† June 5th, 2001

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Weiler, Wilhelm* June 22nd, 1917

Weinberg, Peter* April 27th, 1915
† June 5th, 1943

Weineck, Johannes* December 25th, 1915
† December 14th, 2005

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Weinrich, Georg* May 8th, 1920

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Weippert, Gustav* September 7th, 1913
† February 20th, 1993

Weirich, Rudolf* July 1st, 1908

Weisenfeld, Herbert* March 13th, 1917

Weismann, Ernst* February 22nd, 1922
† August 13th, 1942

Weissenberger, Theodor 'Theo' (JG 5 'Eismeer')* December 21st, 1914
† June 10th, 1950

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Weisser, Alfons (Nacht-Aufklärungsstaffel)* July 16th, 1917
† April 21st, 1943
Grave: UNK

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Weixelmann, Helmut* October 11th, 1917
† September 5th, 1944

Weiß, Adolf (LW-pilot)* February 15th, 1917
† February 13th, 1996

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Weiß, Otto Albert Bernhard* September 25th, 1907
† August 19th, 1955

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Weiß, Robert* April 21st, 1920
† December 29th, 1944

Weißflog, Erich* November 29th, 1919
† January 10th, 1999

Weißmann, Eginhard* April 28th, 1923
† February 6th, 1998

Wellmann, Wolf* June 9th, 1924
† July 24th, 1944

Welter, Kurt* February 25th, 1916
† March 7th, 1949

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Welzel, Karl-Heinrich* August 28th, 1916
† February 6th, 2002

Wendt, Rudi* September 22nd, 1912
† August 29th, 2004

Wenig, Gottfried* January 12th, 1919
† January 13th, 1943

Wense, von der, Hasso* May 13th, 1919

Wenzel, Karl Ambrosius Sylvester* December 31st, 1922
† January 1st, 1945
Row: 5 Grave: 1

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Werfft, Peter* October 8th, 1904
† July 23rd, 1970

Werner, Heinz (Lw-AG 13)* June 14th, 1914

Wernicke, Heinz* October 17th, 1920
† December 27th, 1944

Wernitz, Ulrich* January 21st, 1921
† December 23rd, 1980

Werthern, Freiherr von, Erich* December 6th, 1913
† February 25th, 1942

Westermann, Friedrich-Wilhelm* January 27th, 1920
† April 7th, 1943

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Westphal, Waldemar* July 30th, 1917
† October 21st, 1944

Wetterer, Wolfgang* June 22nd, 1913

Wever, Walther* January 16th, 1923
† April 10th, 1945

Weydenhammer, Hubert* May 12th, 1918
† December 25th, 1944

Weyel, Carl-Otto* December 11th, 1905

Weyl, Günther* March 6th, 1917

Weyrauch, von, Ernst* January 16th, 1918
† March 17th, 1944

Widowitz, Wulf* June 22nd, 1918
† July 28th, 1943

Wiech, Anton* March 14th, 1917

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Wiegand, Gerhard 'Gerd' (Jagdgeschwader 26)* March 30th, 1922
† May 23rd, 1994

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Wiehlmann, Günther* October 26th, 1919

Wiele, Egon* February 10th, 1920
† December 23rd, 2001

Wiemann, Ernst* October 11th, 1911
† December 5th, 1944

Wiese, Erich* July 8th, 1913
† December 31st, 1943

Wiese, Johannes 'Hannes'* March 7th, 1915
† August 16th, 1991

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Wiesniewski, Johann* December 26th, 1913
† September 27th, 1942

Wilcke, Wolf-Dietrich "Fürst" (JG 3 "Udet")* March 11th, 1913
† March 23rd, 1944

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Wilde, Kurt* May 22nd, 1915

Wilhelm, Hans-Joachim* May 25th, 1922
† April 13th, 1945

Wilhelm, Klaus* June 3rd, 1912
† April 13th, 1942

Wilke, Heinrich* February 21st, 1921
† June 23rd, 1983

Wilke, Karl-Heinz* April 7th, 1923
† November 21st, 2007

Wilke, Werner* July 20th, 1916

Will, Fritz* January 18th, 1919
† August 28th, 1944

Willems, Alfred* August 30th, 1916
† February 8th, 1943

Willius, Karl-Heinz "Charly"* November 5th, 1919
† April 8th, 1944
Plot: TE Row: 6 Grave: 67

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