Kiel, Johannes
- Date of birth:
- April 14th, 1912 (Kiel/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
- Date of death:
- January 29th, 1944 (Kirchheimbolanden/Palatinate, Germany)
- Buried on:
- German War Graves Nordfriedhof
Plot: VII. Grave: 252. - Nationality:
- German
Biography
Johannes Kiel was shot down on 29th January 1944 near Kirchheimbolanden as Hauptmann and Kommandeur III. / Zerstörergeschwader 76.
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Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- II. / Zerstörergeschwader 26
- Awarded on:
- September 23rd, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- II. / Zerstörergeschwader 26
- Awarded on:
- February 4th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant der Reserve (1st Lieutenant of Reserves)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer I. / Zerstörergeschwader 26 "Horst Wessel"
- Awarded on:
- March 18th, 1942
- 62 aircraft
- 9 tanks
- 20 guns
- 1 submarine
- 3 MTB’s
- 1 transport ship
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- - OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
- Patzwall K.D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Studien zur Geschichte der Auszeichnungen, Band 6, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008, ISBN 978-3-931533-08-3
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