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Boesch, Emil (Jagdgeschwader 54)

Date of birth:
May 24th, 1918 (Ellinghausen/Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Germany)
Date of death:
March 12th, 1943 (10-20 km of Dunkirk/Nord, Militärverwaltung in Belgien und Nordfrankreich (France))
Nationality:
German

Biography

Promotions:
01.10.1937: Gefreiter;
01.01.1939: Obergefreiter;
01.10.1940: Unteroffizier;
01.06.1942: Feldwebel.

Career:
20.10.1936: 4./Fl.Ers.Abt. 24;
16.03.1937: 5./Flea 24;
15.07.1937: Fl.H.Komp.;
01.07.1939: Sch.Fl.Ausb.Rgt. 12;
08.11.1939: Sch.Fl.Ausb.Rgt. 21;
10.04.1940: Flgzf.-Schule, Fl.Ausb.Rgt. 21;
03.12.1940: 1./Jagdfliegerschule 2;
02.01.1914: Jagdfliegerschule 2;
23.06.1941: 1./Jagdfliegerschule 2;
12.08.1941: Erg.Gruppe JG 26;
16.09.1941: 3./JG 26;
24.04.1942: 10./JG 26;
18.02.1943: 10./JG 54.
12.03.1943: Feldwebel, 10./ Jagdgeschwader 54, MIA with Fw 190A-5 Werknummer 150.829 coded "BH + CS" "Black 12" after aerial combat with a British Typhoon of 609th RAF Squadron 10 km east of Dünkirk France
Alternate spelling: Boesch/Bösch

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 10th, 1942
Frontflugspange für Jäger in Bronze
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 15th, 1942
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
July 30th, 1942
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
January 15th, 1943
Frontflugspange für Jäger in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel (Sergeant)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer
Awarded on:
January 1943
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel (Sergeant)
Unit:
10. Staffel, IV. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 54 "Grünherz", Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
April 29th, 1943
posthumously awarded
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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