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Kirnbauer, Wilhelm

Date of birth:
July 2nd, 1920 (Willersdorf/Burgenland, Austria)
Date of death:
February 14th, 1942 (Lake Ilmen, south of Novgorod - Russia)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Korpowo
Nationality:
Austrian

Biography

01.04.1940: promoted to Leutnant / A1
15.12.1941: Leutnant, awarded the Ehrenpokal
14.02.1942: Leutnant, II./ Kampfgeschwader 1 'Hindenburg' MIA when his Ju 88 A-4 coded 'V4+SM' failed to return from the area of Kholm - Ilmensee
27.05.1942: Leutnant, 4./ Kampfgeschwader 1 'Hindenburg' awarded the DKiG
01.08.1944: officially still listed as MIA
1960: still MIA

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
4./ Kampf-Geschwader 1 'Hindenburg'
Awarded on:
May 27th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer - II./ KG 1 'Hindenburg'
Awarded on:
December 15th, 1941
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
II./ KG 1
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
II./ KG 1
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
II./ KG 1
Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger in Bronze
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
4./ KG 1
Awarded on:
1942
Medaille

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