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Stricker, Karl-Heinz (SG 210)

Date of birth:
March 22nd, 1913 (Küstrin/Brandenburg, Germany)
Date of death:
September 13th, 1941 (Akulitschi, URSS)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Kursk - Besedino
Plot: 23. Grave: UNK.
Nationality:
German

Biography

00.00.1933: entered the Reichsmarine as officer candidate
00.00.1935: transferred temporarily or permanently from Kriegsmarine to Luftwaffe
01.11.1939: Oberleutnant, transferred from Fl. Waffenschule (See) Bug auf Rügen to Stab, Höh.Fl.Ausb.Kdo. 2
00.05.1940: bomber pilot
01.07.1940-00.02.1941: Hauptmann, Staka, 3. Staffel, Kampf-Geschwader 26
24.04.1941-13.09.1941: Hptm., Kdr., I. Gruppe, Schnell-Kampf-Geschwader 210
13.09.1941: Hptm., Kdr., Stab, I. Gruppe, SKG 210, KIA when his Bf 110 E-2 coded 'S9+AB' had both engines hit and was shot down 4 km north of Akulichi railway station, 76 km WNW of Bryansk, crashed in the woods
Buried at Seschtschinskaya
02.10.1942: Hptm., posthumously awarded Ritterkreuz, Kdr. I./ SKG 210

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:
Kommandeur, I. Gruppe, Schnellkampfgeschwader 210, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
October 2nd, 1942
posthumously awarded
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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