Albrecht-Lemke, Egon (Zerstörergeschwader 76)
- Date of birth:
- May 19th, 1918 (Curitiba Portao, Curitiba/Paraná, Brasil)
- Date of death:
- August 25th, 1944 (St. Claude, Bury, Oise, France)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery Beauvais
Plot: 3. Row: 8. Grave: 316. - Nationality:
- German
Biography
00.00.1940: in 9./ ZG 76
24.04.1941: 6./ SKG 210
04.01.1942: 6./ ZG 1 due to unit renaming
08.02.1942: Leutnant, 6./ ZG 1
12.06.1942-02.08.1943: Leutnant, Staka 6./ ZG 1
04.07.1942: Lt., 1./ ZG 1
26.07.1942: Lt., 6./ ZG 1
01.08.1942: Lt., 6./ ZG 1
21.09.1942: Lt., 6./ ZG 1 awarded Ehrenpokal
31.10.1942: Lt., II./ ZG 1
05.11.1942: Lt., Stab, II./ ZG 1
03.12.1942: Lt., awarded DKiG, II./ ZG 1
19.12.1942: Lt., 4./ ZG 1 unhurt? - Bf 110 C-4 crash landed at Krasnodar due to bad ground conditions
22.05.1943: Oberleutnant, awarded Ritterkreuz, Stafü, 9./ ZG 76
09.10.1943-00.07.1944: Kdr. II./ ZG 1
27.01.1944-25.08.1944: Hauptmann, Kdr. II./ ZG 1, appointed Kdr., IV./ JG 53 (due to unit renaming)
22.02.1944: Hptm., Stab, II./ ZG 1
12.04.1944: Hptm., Stab, II./ ZG 1
01.05.1944: promoted to Hauptmann
24.07.1944-25.08.1944: Kdr., III./ JG 76
25.08.1944: Hauptmann, Stab, III./ JG 76, KIA – Bf 109 G-14 coded 'Black 21+I' shot down by P-51 Mustangs West of Saint Claude "Les Blancs" near Creil by a P38 of 474 FG - bailed out too low and parachute failed to open in time while returning to base alone
Credited with 25 air victories and at least 162 motorcycles, 254 motor vehicles, 3 locomotives, 8 AA positions, 12 anti-tank positions and 8 infantry positions
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Goldenes Hitlerjugend Ehrenabzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer
- Awarded on:
- September 21st, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- II. Gruppe, Zerstörergeschwader 1, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- December 3rd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Staffelführer, 9. Staffel, III. Gruppe, Zerstörergeschwader 76, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- May 22nd, 1943
Sources
- Photo 1: Dobri Dobrev
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Aces of the Luftwaffe
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