Findeisen, Herbert (Nahaufklärungsgruppe 4)
- Date of birth:
- July 11th, 1913 (Crimmitschau/Saxony, Germany)
- Date of death:
- May 11th, 1963 (Heide/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Herbert Findeisen promoted to Hauptmann on APril 1st 1942.
Was part of the 1 / Nahaufklärungsgruppe 4 from May 30th 1943 until July 15th 1943, of 2 / Nahaufklärungsgruppe 4 between August 2nd 1943 and February 18th 1944 and was Gruppen Kommandeur with II / Jagdgeschwader 54 from February 1945 until May 1945.
He achieved a total of 67 victory's, all on the Eastern Front, of which 30 between May 1943 and February 1944.
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Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 3rd, 1937
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 2nd, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- 2. Staffel, Nahaufklärungsgruppe 13, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- February 12th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- 2. Staffel, Nahaufklärungsgruppe 13, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- February 28th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- 2. Staffel, Nahaufklärungsgruppe 13, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- March 22nd, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- 1. Staffel, Nahaufklärungsgruppe 4, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- June 20th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- 2. Staffel, Nahaufklärungsgruppe 4, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- August 11th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, 1. Staffel, Nahaufklärungsgruppe 4, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- August 31st, 1943
Published in the Ehrenliste der Deutschen Luftwaffe on 13-9-1943.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- 2. Staffel, Nahaufklärungsgruppe 4, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- November 26th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer und Beobachter, 2. Staffel, Nahaufklärungsgruppe 4, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- February 29th, 1944
Sources
- Photo 1: Wilco Vermeer
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
- PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008.
- trave-militaria.de
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