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Aechtner, Fritz (Nahaufklärungsgruppe 5)
Aechtner, Fritz (Nahaufklärungsgruppe 5)
Date of birth:
March 4th, 1916 (Nuremberg/Bavaria, Germany)
Date of death:
May 1st, 2007 (Nuremberg/Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:
German
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Flugzeugbeobachterabzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 2nd, 1941
Frontflugspange für Aufklärer in Bronze
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 29th, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 9th, 1941
Frontflugspange für Aufklärer in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 28th, 1942
Medaille "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42" (Ostmedaille)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 11th, 1942
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:
Beobachter
Awarded on:
September 13th, 1942
According to other source the awarding date is 8-9-1942.
Frontflugspange für Aufklärer in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 2nd, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:
2.(H) Staffel
,
Aufklärungsgruppe 21
,
Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
January 12th, 1943
Frontflugspange für Aufklärer in Gold mit Anhänger
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 22nd, 1944
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer
,
Beobachter
,
1. Staffel
,
Nahaufklärungsgruppe 5
Awarded on:
December 20th, 1944
Frontflugspange für Aufklärer in Gold mit Anhänger und Einzatszahl
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
January 25th, 1945
Mit Einsatzzahl 300.
Sources
Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
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FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003
.
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PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001
.
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PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008
.
- BAMA RL 10_622
Photo