Kieslich, Franz (Sturzkampfgeschwader 77)
- Date of birth:
- March 17th, 1913 (Bochum/Westphalia, Germany)
- Date of death:
- August 31st, 2012
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Flew a total of 1078 sorties. During operations in the Black Sea Franz Kieslich and his crew sank a total of 21500 GRT of support shipping, as well as a destroyer and a submarine. Over the course of his career he himself was shot down 20 times.
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Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier (Onderofficier)
- Unit:
- 3.(Schüler) Kompanie / Fliegerschule Fürth
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier (Onderofficier)
- Unit:
- 3.(Schüler) Kompanie / Fliegerschule Fürth
- Awarded on:
- February 22nd, 1937
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer 1. / Sturzkampfgeschwader 168
- Awarded on:
- December 16th, 1938
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer 1. / Sturzkampfgeschwader 77
- Awarded on:
- October 1st, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer 7. / Sturzkampfgeschwader 77
- Awarded on:
- May 5th, 1941
Pilots Badge
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer 7. / Sturzkampfgeschwader 77
- Awarded on:
- May 5th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer 7. / Sturzkampfgeschwader 77
- Awarded on:
- July 10th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer 7. / Sturzkampfgeschwader 77
- Awarded on:
- August 10th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1e Luitenant vlieger)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän 7. / Sturzkampfgeschwader 77
- Awarded on:
- October 24th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer
- Awarded on:
- April 2nd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän 7. / Sturzkampfgeschwader 77
- Awarded on:
- July 10th, 1942
Award 74/18.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Gruppen-Adjudant III. / Sturzkampfgeschwader 77
- Awarded on:
- August 13th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Staffelführer 7. / Sturzkampfgeschwader 77
- Awarded on:
- October 13th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän 7. / Sturzkampfgeschwader 77
- Awarded on:
- January 5th, 1943
“Oberleutnant Kiesling [sic] sunk 23000 GRT of shipping and a torpedo boat while serving as a dive bomber pilot.”
By this time Kiesling had flown 513 ground attack sorties.
720th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän 7. / Sturzkampfgeschwader 77
- Awarded on:
- March 15th, 1943
Ordinul Virtutea Aeronautica - Knight
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän 7. / Sturzkampfgeschwader 77
- Awarded on:
- March 29th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major
- Unit:
- Kommandeur III. / Sturzkampfgeschwader 77
- Awarded on:
- May 18th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur III. / Sturzkampfgeschwader 77
- Awarded on:
- October 10th, 1944
619th Award.
Sources
- Photo 1: Wilco Vermeer
- Photo: Wilco Vermeer collection, the Netherlands
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- OBERMAIER, ERNST, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Verlag Dieter Hoffmann, Mainz, 1976.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008.
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- Dörr M., Major Franz Kieslich, Internationales Militaria Magazine, Nr 120, November/Dezember 2005, Zweibrücken, 2005
- Hayden M., German Military Ribbon Bars 1914-1957, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Atglen, 2001
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