Koch, Alfred (Lw-leichte Flak-Abteilung)

Date of birth:: June 22nd, 1920 (Pfullendorf/Baden, Germany)
Date of death:: June 20th, 1945 (Vaucouleurs/Meuse, France)
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: June 21st, 1940

Flakkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: July 25th, 1941

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: August 3rd, 1941

Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: August 5th, 1942

Medaille "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42" (Ostmedaille)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: August 13th, 1942

Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
Unit:: 1. Batterie, leichte Flak-Abteilung 71 (mot.), Luftwaffe
Awarded on:: August 21st, 1942

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:: Führer, 2. Batterie, leichte Flak-Abteilung 71 (Sf), Luftwaffe
Awarded on:: April 7th, 1945

Awarded for distinguishing himself during the second half of February 1945 in western Samland. Here Koch and his Batterie were decisively involved in reestablishing contact between the German forces at Fischhausen and Königsberg.

Sources

- FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1991.
- Vorschlag für die Verleihung des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes
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