Friebel, Herbert
- Date of birth:
- July 28th, 1915 (Berlin/Brandenburg, Germany)
- Date of death:
- May 15th, 1944 (Horodyszcze/Ukrain, Soviet Union)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery Potylicz / Potelitsch
Grave: UNK. - Nationality:
- German
Biography
Herbert Friebel reached the rank of Leutnant. Achieved a total of 58 aerial victories in the East.
Career:
?: Flugzeugführer 10. / Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders";
?: Flugzeugführer 12. / Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders";
? - May 15th, 1944: Staffelführer 10. / Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders".
15.05.1944: Leutnant, Staffelführer 10. / Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders", KIA 3 Km South East of Horodyszcze / Gorodischtsche, region Tarnopol
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Flugzeugführerabzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 9th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer
- Awarded on:
- October 20th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- 10. Staffel, III. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders", Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- September 8th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, 12. Staffel, III. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders", Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- January 24th, 1943
“Oberfeldwebel Friebel has achieved 51 aerial victories in the war against the Soviet Union. He also inflicted heavy losses in men and materiel on the enemy through his boldly executed strafing runs.”
Sources
- Photo 1:
- Photo: Oberfeldwebel Herbert Friebel, 12./Jagdgeschwader 51, with the Knight's Cross in 1943. The date is the date of awarding Stock Photo - Alamy
- - 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, Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Die Grenz-Zeitung (Edition 40).
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