Date of birth:

July 6th, 1914 (Stuttgart/Württemberg, Germany)

Date of death:

February 15th, 1945 (Döbern/Brandenburg, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Ludwig Grözinger died of Polio in a Hospital on February 15th, 1945. At that moment he was Kommandeur III. / Kampfgeschwader 53, with the rank of Major.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)

Unit:

Staffelkapitän 3. / Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor"

Awarded on:

May 18th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)

Unit:

Staffelkapitän, 3. Staffel, I. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor", Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

August 4th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)

Unit:

Staffelkapitän, 3. Staffel, I. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor", Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

November 25th, 1942

Awarded for the following…

- Personally destroying 15 transport and 2 fuel trains, 110 vehicles, 35 horse-drawn wagons and a munitions dump.
- Destroying numerous buildings and facilities over a total of 78 sorties against railway installations.
- Flying numerous supply sorties to Cholm, Demyansk and Velikiye Luki.

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