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Grun, Bernhard

Date of birth:
March 6th, 1918 (Oelde/Westphalia, Germany)
Date of death:
June 16th, 1944 (Ozora/Tolna, Kingdom of Hungary)
Buried on:
German-Hungarian War Cemetery Budaörs
Plot: 9. Row: 22. Grave: 1245.
Nationality:
German

Biography

Career:
April 1941: 1.(F) / Erganzungs-Aufklärungsgruppe;
May 1941: 2.(H) / Aufklärungsgruppe 14;
September 1941: 1.(F) / Erganzungs-Aufklärungsgruppe;
February 1942: 3.(F) / Aufklärungsgruppe 11;
August 1943: 5. / Zerstörergeschwader 76;
January 1944: 1. / Erganzungs-Zerstörergruppe;
April 1944: Ergänzungsstaffel / Zerstörergeschwader 76;
May 1944 - juni 1944: 5. / Zerstörergeschwader 76.

Bernhard Grun was killed in action on June 16th, 1944 when he was shot down with his Messerschmitt Me 410A-1 W.Nr.420669. At that time he flew with Bordfunker Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel Siegfried Weinzierl.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer, 3.(H) Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe 11, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
June 17th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel (Sergeant)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer
Awarded on:
October 26th, 1942
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 16th, 1942
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz

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