Date of birth:

August 5th, 1905 (Kehlen, Krs. Angerbur/East Prussia, Germany)

Date of death:

May 12th, 1954 (Wiesbaden/Hesse, Germany)

Nationality:

German

1939: promoted to Landgerichtsrat
Oberleutnant Dr. Herbert Klein had been a court judge in Allenstein then Insterburg before volunteering for the Luftwaffe
trained with Fl.Ausb.Rgt. 61, FFS A/B 4, FFS C 14, LKS 3, and FFS A/B 10
10.11.1939: Leutnant, transferred from Aufkl.Gr. 14 to LKS Fürstenfeldbruck
05.1941: transferred to 3./ KG 100 'Wiking'
10.06.1942: hit and sank the transport ship 'Abkhaziya' (4,727 GRT) at Sebastopol
24.08.1942: Leutnant in I./ KG 100, awarded the Ehrenpokal
09.09.1942: Leutnant in I./ KG 100, awarded the DKiG
1943: promoted to Oberleutnant
1943: Oberleutnant, in Geschwader Stab/ KG 4
30.07.1943: flew his 300th mission
21.10.1943-01.05.1944: Oberleutnant., appointed Staka 3./ KG 4
21.10.1943-02.02.1944: appointed Adjutant and Ia of I./ KG 4
29.02.1944: Oberleutnant, awarded the Ritterkreuz as Staka 3./ KG 100
1944: promoted to Hauptmann
1945: became a judge in Wiesbaden
12.05.1954: died of a stroke in Wiesbaden
Pilot credited with well over 400 missions

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

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Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

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Second World War (1939-1945)

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Second World War (1939-1945)

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Second World War (1939-1945)

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Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Leutnant (Pilot Officer)

Unit:

Flugzeugführer

Awarded on:

August 24th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Leutnant

Unit:

I./ Kampf-Geschwader 100

Awarded on:

September 9th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)

Unit:

I./Kampfgeschwader 100

Awarded on:

July 1943

with pennant '300'

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)

Unit:

Flugzeugführer Stabsstaffel I./Kampfgeschwader 100

Awarded on:

February 29th, 1944

Awarded for his successes over the course of well over 300 bombing and transport sorties. He achieved particular success in anti-shipping situations. On the 10.06.1942 he and his crew sank the Soviet troop transport “Abchazija” with 4727 GRT in the port of Sevastopol. Later, on the night of the 17-18.06.1943, he damaged a freighter with about 3500 GRT and two nights later seriously damaged another with 8000 GRT. Both of these were in the Caspian sea.

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