Koolwijk, van, Wilhelm

Date of birth:: August 15th, 1892 (Cleve)
Date of death:: March 4th, 1969 (Königstein im Taunus/Hesse, Germany)
Nationality:: German

Biography

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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:: Flak-Regiment 27, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:: April 15th, 1944

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:: Kommandeur, Flak-Regiment 37, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:: August 8th, 1944

Awarded for his actions during the last battles around Sevastopol in early 1944, in which his regiment helped to cover the German retreat from the Crimea. Here his regiment played a vital role in supporting the defending German infantry by destroying numerous enemy tanks and using their guns in the artillery role.

According to the web page for Flak-Rgt 27 in ww2.dk Wilhelm van Koolwijk was the Kommandeur from 26.3.43 until the end of the war.

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.
- das-ritterkreuz.de
- ww2.dk
- Flak-Rgt 27