Date of birth:

October 10th, 1913 (Weingarten,West Prussia)

Date of death:

October 21st, 2003 (Dortmund,North Rhine-Westphalia)

Nationality:

German

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)

Unit:

2. Staffel, I. Gruppe, Lehrgeschwader 1, Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

August 1st, 1942

Patzwall has him as Isachen, Herbert

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)

Unit:

Flugzeugführer, 3. Staffel, I. Gruppe, Lehrgeschwader 1, Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

September 3rd, 1943

Awarded for his achievements as a bomber pilot in the western and Mediterranean theatres over the course of 328 sorties, which included the following…

- 48000 GRT worth of shipping sunk or seriously damaged.
- A hit against the battleship ‘Queen Elizabeth’ with an 1800 kg bomb while it was docked in Alexandria.
- 28 aircraft on the ground destroyed.
- Several trains destroyed.
- 2 aircraft shot down.

Awarded on:

August 21st, 1937

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

November 1st, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

August 28th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

December 5th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

April 1st, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

June 12th, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

October 6th, 1940

• Photo: Russ Nummer
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