Birnbaum, Willi (Schlachtgeschwader 1)
- Date of birth:
- January 9th, 1920 (Guben, Brandenburg, Germany)
- Date of death:
- May 23rd, 1943 (4 km west/north-west of Krimskaja/Russian SFSR, USSR)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery Krasnodar-Apscheronsk
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
23.05.1943: Feldwebel, 6./ Sch.G. 1, KIA when his Fw 190A-5 Werknummer 1128 was hit by Soviet flak at Krymskaya.
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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel (Sergeant)
- Unit:
- 6.Staffel, II. Gruppe, Schlachtgeschwader 1, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- August 2nd, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel (Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer
- Awarded on:
- September 21st, 1942
- 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)
Sources
- Photo: Fw-190А-5 № 1128 Lt. Willi Birnbaum (1/1) - Форум "ТП" - Территории поиска. Искатели Юга России
- - 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.
- Detailansicht
- Kracker Luftwaffe Archive
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