Date of birth:

October 24th, 1918 (Braunsdorf/Jägerndorf - Germany)

Date of death:

July 12th, 1944 (Barentin, ivo Rouen/Normandy, France)

Buried on:

German War Cemetery Beauvais
Plot: 3. Row: 15. Grave: 652.

Nationality:

German

Erich Baumgartl was killed in action on July 12th, 1944 as Kommandeur 1. / Kampfgeschwader 30 with the rank of Hauptmann.

01.11.1938: entered the Luftwaffe and began training with Fl.-Ers.Abt. 51 as an officer candidate - then had further training with FFS C 8
11.1939: underwent officer training
01.04.1940: promoted to Leutnant
14.04.1941: transferred to IV./ KG 55 then to 3./ KG 55
01.04.1942: promoted to Oberleutnant
20.04.1942: Leutnant, awarded the Ehrenpokal
27.07.1942: Oberleutnant, awarded the DKiG, 3./ KG 55
25.09.1942: appointed Stafü 3./ KG 55
01.02.1943: appointed Staka 3./ KG 55
01.05.-08.09.1943: Oberleutnant, appointed Staka 9./ LG 1
31.07.1943: Oberleutnant, awarded the Ritterkreuz
09.09.1943-01.1944: Oberleutnant, appointed Staka 13./ LG 1
01.01.1944: promoted to Hauptmann
02.02.1944: transferred to IV./ LG 1
17.02.-12.07.1944: Hauptmann, appointed Kdr. I./ KG 30
12.07.1944: Hauptmann, KIA when his Ju 88 S-3 coded '4D+AH' was shot down by a Mosquito night fighter near Barentin - France in the vicinity of Rouen
Buried in Beauvais - France
Pilot credited with 347 missions, 334 on the Eastern Front.

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