Kociok, Josef (Zerstörergeschwader 1)

Date of birth:: April 26th, 1918 (Alt Schalkowitz, Germany)
Date of death:: September 26th, 1943 (20 km south of Kertsch/Kerch, Russia)
Buried on:: German War Cemetery Sevastopol-Gontscharnoje
Nationality:: German

Biography

Flew a total of 200 sorties, during which he achieved 33 aerial victories in the East (including 21 at night). Posthumously promoted to Leutnant.

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Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Unteroffizier
Unit:: Flugzeugführer 4. / Zerstörergeschwader 1
Awarded on:: June 1st, 1942

Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Feldwebel
Unit:: Flugzeugführer 4. / Zerstörergeschwader 1
Awarded on:: December 2nd, 1942

Published in the Ehrenliste der Deutschen Luftwaffe on 14th December 1942.

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:: 10.(NJ)/Zerstörergeschwader 1
Awarded on:: July 31st, 1943

Awarded for his successes on the western and (primarily) eastern fronts. By the time of his award he had achieved 27 aerial victories (many at night), and during ground attack missions on the eastern front also destroyed 4 tanks, 200+ various vehicles and 15 aircraft on the ground. Among his more notable successes was the shooting down of 4 Russian bombers in one night on the 17.05.1943.

Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Wehrmachtbericht

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: May 17th, 1943

Oberfeldwebel Kociok shot down four Soviet bombers in one night.

Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

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

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Flugzeugführerabzeichen

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Frontflugspange für Zerstörer in Bronze

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Frontflugspange für Zerstörer in Silber

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Frontflugspange für Zerstörer in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Sources

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- OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
- Patzwall K.D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Studien zur Geschichte der Auszeichnungen, Band 6, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008, ISBN 978-3-931533-08-3
- Ehrenliste der Deutschen Luftwaffe, 14 Dezember 1942
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