Böwing-Treuding, Wolfgang (JG 51 "Mölders")
- Date of birth:
- January 28th, 1922 (Hamburg, Germany)
- Date of death:
- February 11th, 1943 (Dubnitsa/Pskov Oblast, Soviet Union)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery Sebesh
Grave: UNK. - Nationality:
- German
Biography
Oberleutnant Wolfgang Adolf Albert Böwing-Treuding
00.06.1941: Leutnant, 8. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 51, campaign in Russia
13.07.1941: 1st victory, a Bomber DB-3
29.07.1941: 2nd victory, a Bomber SB-3
25.08.1941: transferred to the 12./ JG 51
28.08.1941: 3rd victory, a SB-2
17.12.1941: 10th victory,
01.06.1942: Staffelkapitän, Stabsstaffel, IV. Gruppe, JG 51 with 17 victories
01.08.1942: 20th victory, a Il-2 Sturmovik
18.12.1942: Staffelkapitän, 10./ JG 51 with 26 victories
30.10.1942: 34th, 35th and 36th victories, three Il-2 Sturmovik
00.12.1942: achieved 39 victories
11.02.1943: KIA 10km North West of Velikiye Luki when Fw 190 A-4 Werknummer 5.777 downed by anti-aircraft fires while attacking vehicles
24.03.1943: awarded posthumously the Ritterkreuz
Pilot credited with 46 victories on the Eastern Front
Do you have more information about this person? Inform us!
Flugzeugführerabzeichen
- 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)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer
- Awarded on:
- September 13th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- II. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders", Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- October 15th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Staffelführer, 10. Staffel, IV. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders", Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- March 24th, 1943
awarded posthumously
Sources
- Photo 1:
- - 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.
- Ritterkreuz Archiv IV/2010, Veit Scherzer, Ranis, September 2010, ISSN 1866-4709
- Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945
- Wolfgang Adolf Albert Böwing-Treuding | Gräbersuche-Online
Looking for reliable information or news facts about WW2? Do you want to create your own battlefield tour to sights of wars from the past? Or are you interested in war medals and their recipients? TracesOfWar.com tells you more!
More information
© STIWOT, 1999-2024. All rights reserved. Privacy statement, cookies, disclaimer and copyright