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Bühring, Wolfgang (KG 4 "General Wever")

Date of birth:
August 30th, 1908 (Berlin-Schöneberg)
Date of death:
June 4th, 1944 (Lazarett Stahnsdorf)
Nationality:
German

Biography

01.04.1926: joined the Kriegsmarine
01.10.1933: transferred to the Luftwaffe and ordered to Fliegerschule (See) Warnemünde for Beobachter-Lehrgang by DVS
01.10.1934: Beobachter, Aufklärungsstaffel 1.(See), Aufklärungs-Gruppe 116, Kiel-Holtenau
12.03.1936: Staka Fliegerstaffel (M) 1, Kiel-Holtenau
18.09.1936: received the Lw. Beobachter license
01.05.1936: Hauptmann, 1. Staffel, Küsten-Flieger-Gruppe 106
01.10.1936-30.09.1937: Staka, 1.(M) Staffel, Kü.Fl.Gr. 106 List, Sylt
01.10.1937: Referent, OKM, RLM
30.07.1938: received the Lw. advanced flying certificate
15.11.1938: Stab, Führer Seeluftstreitkräfte
19.08.1940: II. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 4
15.10.1940-31.01.1941: Generalstab training, 3. Kurz-Lehrgang, Luftkriegsakademie Berlin-Gatow
01.02.1941-30.11.1941: Major, Kdr., III. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 4 'General Wever'
17.02.1941-31.05.1941: Major, Kdr., I./ KG 4
19.09.1941: Maj., appointed acting Kdr., KGr. 806
01.12.1941-09.06.1942: provisional Kommodore Kampfgeschwader 6
01.04.1942: promo to Oberstleutnant
04.06.1942-31.08.1942: Obstlt., Kommodore, Kampfgeschwader 6
21.07.1942: Obstlt., Stab, KG 6, severely WIA when Bf 108 D-1 Werknummer 3057 coded 'VE+LG' crashed after take-off from Angers airfield - remaining crew:
-Hptm. RKT Ernst-Heinrich Thomsen, Flugzeugführer, WIA
-Uffz Werner Meyer, Bordmechaniker, WIA
12.09.1942: transferred to Frontflieger-Sammelgruppe Dortmund and hospitalized in Lw.-Lazarett, Hôpital Beaujon in Paris-Clichy

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Awarded on:
September 18th, 1936
Flugzeugbeobachterabzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major (Squadron Leader)
Unit:
III. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 4, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
April 9th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
July 1942
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz

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