Jeckstat, Erich
- Date of birth:
- July 8th, 1919 (Kuiken Krs. Goldap/East Prussia, Germany)
- Date of death:
- October 11th, 1958 (Augsburg/Bavaria, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Flew a total of over 400 combat missions during WWII, 393 combat missions in 18 months.
He served with Kampfgeschwader 100, a Luftwaffe bomber wing, throughout the duration of the war. He rescued his Stfkpt Hptm Helmut Fritsche and crew when their He 111 was shot down some 500 km behind Russian lines.
His service record includes flying wounded soldiers out of Stalingrad following its encirclement by the Red Army, actions which saw him awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross on 14 March 1943. Jeckstat survived the war, but was killed in an automobile accident along his his parents-in-law on 11 October 1958 in Augsburg, Germany.
Career:
09.1941: assigned to I./KG 100
29.06.1942: Unteroffizier awarded the Ehrenpokal
14.12.1942: Uffz. in 1./KG 100, awarded the DKG
14.03.1943: Feldwebel in 1./KG 100, awarded Ritterkreuz for completing 393 combat missions and 41 supply flights to Stalingrad
05.1945: Leutnant
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Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier
- Unit:
- 1./ KG 100
- Awarded on:
- June 29th, 1942
According to other source awarded on 23-6-1942.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier
- Unit:
- 1. Staffel, I. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 100, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- February 1st, 1943
According to other source awarded on 9-12-1942.
According to Patzwall / Scherzer awarded on 14-12-1942.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel (Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, 1. Staffel, I. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 100, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- March 14th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- 1./ KG 100
- Awarded on:
- November 28th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- 1./ KG 100
- Awarded on:
- October 20th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 14th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- March 1st, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 6th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- November 25th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- 1./ KG 100
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- 1./ KG 100
- Awarded on:
- 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo: Wilco Vermeer collection, the Netherlands
- http://www.luftwaffe39-45.historia.nom.br/ases/bd/ases_ficha.asp?vnum=1037
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.
- The Battle for Stalingrad
- Hermann Historica 49.Auktion
- das-ritterkreuz.de
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