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Gotthardt, Cuno (KG 30 'Adler')

Date of birth:
August 19th, 1913
Nationality:
German

Biography

01.09.1936: promoted to Leutnant
01.06.1939: promoted to Oberleutnant
00.09.1939: Lt. and pilot in 7./ KG 4
00.00.1940: transferred to I./ KG 30 then III./ KG 30
00.00.1941: Techn.Offz. with KG 30
20.06.1941: Oberleutnant, awarded the Ehrenpokal
07.1941-28.03.1942: Oberleutnant, Staka Erp.St./ KG 30
01.03.1942: promoted to Hauptmann
28.03.1942: Hauptmann and Staka Ep.St./ KG 30, WIA - by PQ 13 shipboard Anti-Aircraft fire and force-landed near Sandfjord at Nordkyn at Kinnarodden 13 km NW of Mehamn/Norway- with Ju 88 C-2 Werknummer.0880797 coded '4D+HA'
04.-06.1942: Hauptmann, appointed Staka 10./ KG 30
07.02.1942: Hauptmann, awarded DKiG, Stab, KG 30
00.00.1944: with Stab, 1. Jagd-Div.
14.06.1944: Hauptmann in Stab, NJG 5, WIA - Bf 110 G-4 crashed in the vicinity of Grossenbrode, South of Burg, Fehmarn Island, Ostholstein
01.08.1944-31.08.1944: attended the 1. Jäger Lehrgang at LKS Gatow
00.08.1944: transferred to I./ NJG 5
00.00.1944 Frontflieger-Sammelgruppe Quedlinburg
27.03.1945-09.04.1945: attended NS-Führungsschule II

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:
Stab, Kampfgeschwader 30 "Adler", Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
July 2nd, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Awarded on:
June 20th, 1941
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
WIA 28.03.1942 + 14.06.1944
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz

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