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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 (1933-1945, Third Reich)

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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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier
Unit:
Flugzeugführer 4. / Zerstörergeschwader 1
Awarded on:
June 1st, 1942
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
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.
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
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.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 17th, 1943
Oberfeldwebel Kociok shot down four Soviet bombers in one night.
Wehrmachtbericht

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
    - Detailansicht

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