Date of birth:

February 6th, 1921 (Dieringhausen-Gummersbach/Rhine Province, Germany)

Date of death:

November 25th, 1992 (Dieringhausen/Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Nationality:

German

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Leutnant (Pilot Officer)

Awarded on:

July 20th, 1944

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Leutnant (Pilot Officer)

Unit:

4. / Jagdgeschwader 11

Awarded on:

September 19th, 1944

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)

Unit:

Staffelkapitän 10. / Jagdgeschwader 11

Awarded on:

April 27th, 1945

Awarded for his wartime successes. These ultimately amounted to 39 aerial victories over the course of about 480 sorties. This latter total included 120 fighter-bomber sorties, in which Klein claimed 5 tanks destroyed.

• Photo 1: Norbert Beyerlein
• Photo: Beyerlein sammlung
  
• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
  - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - Luftwaffe Officer Career