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Bormann, Kurt (Kampfgeschwader 27)

Date of birth:
April 29th, 1913 (Braunschweig/Braunschweig, Germany)
Date of death:
May 24th, 1944 (Varel)
Buried on:
German War Graves Hauptfriedhof Braunschweig
Grave: UNK.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

01.04.1937: Oberfähnrich, III./ KG 157, promoted to Leutnant - RDA 01.04.1936
01.08.1939: promoted to Oberleutnant in KG 27
19.05.1940: Oblt. in 8./ KG 27, POW - He 111 P shot down by fighters and force-landed West of Château-Thierry
24.05.1940: evaded capture
00.11.1941: Oblt. with Luftkriegsschule 2 (Berlin-Gatow)
01.04.1942: promoted to Hauptmann
06.08.1943: Hptm., 5./ KG 27, unhurt - He 111 H-16 coded '1G+KN' damaged by landing gear failure upon landing at Smolensk-Nord
13.09.1943: Hptm., awarded the Ehrenpokal
14.11.1943: Hptm., awarded the DKiG, 5./ KG 27
24.05.1944-25.05.44: Hptm. in 12./ NJG 3, KIA - Bf 110 G-4 coded 'D5+CX' crashed on landing at Varel
26.05.1944: Hptm., his funeral arrangements being made by 12./ NJG 3

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Awarded on:
September 13th, 1943
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:
5. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 27, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
November 14th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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