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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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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:
5. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 40, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
December 14th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:
Bordmechaniker - KG 40
Awarded on:
September 21st, 1942
Pokal engraved 16.09.1942
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 26th, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 29th, 1939
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
2./ K 88
Awarded on:
June 6th, 1939
Spanienkreuz, Bronze mit Schwertern
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
2./ K 88 - Legion Condor
Cruz de Guerra Cross
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 3rd, 1938
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 17th, 1939
Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 1939
Cruz Roja Del Merito Militar
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 1939
Medalla de la Campaña de España 1936-1939
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Kampfgeschwader 2
Awarded on:
September 5th, 1940
WIA 11.05.1940
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 8th, 1941
Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 1st, 1943
Ärmelband Kreta
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:
I./ KG 2
Awarded on:
July 1st, 1942
Nr. 03855
Flyers Wing in Gold

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