Eyrich, Franz (Kampfgeschwader 40)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
04.04.1934: entered the Wehrmacht - 9./ Inf.Rgt. 21 - Bayreuth
10.1934: transferred to the Luftwaffe
10.1934-04.1935: Lehrgang - Technischen Schule - Jüterborg
05.1935-04.1936: appointed to the Kampfgeschwader 'Hindenburg' - Greifswald - Pomern
05.-08.1936: Kampffliegerschule - Fassberg
09.1936-08.1938: Flugzeugführerschule C - Ludwigslust
09.1938-01.1939: 'Alpengeschwader' - Landsberg am Lech
01.10.1938: promoted to Unteroffizier
01.-05.1939: 2./ K.88 - Legion Condor
05.-09.1942: Kampfgeschwader 2 - Liegnitz/Schlesien
Campaign in Poland - France - England - Crete - Russia
01.04.1940: promoted to Feldwebel
11.05.-21.06.1940: WIA and French POW
01.12.1940: promoted to Oberfeldwebel
09.-12.1942: transferred to the Kampfgeschwader 40 - Campaign against England
12.1942-06.1944: Instructor - 4. Gruppe - Kampfgeschwader 2 - France
01.12.1943: promoted to Stabsfeldwebel
06.-10.1944: sent to Hungary - last flights in Romania
11.1944: Kampfgeschwader 2 was disbanded in Lechfeld - transferred to Wehrmachts-Streifen-Dienst in Belzig
05.1945: US POW
17.07.1945: released from US captivity
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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- 5. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 40, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- December 14th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Bordmechaniker - KG 40
- Awarded on:
- September 21st, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- March 26th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 29th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- 2./ K 88
- Awarded on:
- June 6th, 1939
Cruz de Guerra Cross
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- 2./ K 88 - Legion Condor
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- April 3rd, 1938
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 17th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 1939
Cross to the Order for Bravery 1st Class
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- Kampfgeschwader 2
- Awarded on:
- September 5th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 8th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 1st, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- I./ KG 2
- Awarded on:
- July 1st, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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