Köppen, Gerhard (Jagdgeschwader 52)
- Date of birth:
- May 17th, 1918 (Holzendorf/Brandenburg, Germany)
- Date of death:
- May 5th, 1942 (over the lake of Asowschen, Soviet Union)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Gerhard Köppen achieved a total of 85 victories in over 380 operational sorties.
Gerhard Köppen was the brother to Eckhardt Köppen, killed in action on 15 January 1945 and posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross on 15 March 1945
05.05.1942: Leutnant, reported MIA following combat with a Petlyakov Pe-2 while flying Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 Werknummer 7303 coded "white 4" 10 km north of Ak-Monai / Kam'yans'ke near the Arabat Fortress
Last seen swimming in the Sea of Azov when Soviet boats closed in on him - Feldwebel Alfred Grislawski reported executing a straffing attack on these boats
30.05.1969: officially declared dead by a court in Dillingen
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Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 10th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel (Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer
- Awarded on:
- November 17th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel (Sergeant)
- Unit:
- 8. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 52
- Awarded on:
- December 15th, 1941
Award 2/10.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel (Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, 7. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 52
- Awarded on:
- December 18th, 1941
381st Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel (Sergeant)
- Awarded on:
- February 25th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel (Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, 8. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 52
- Awarded on:
- February 27th, 1942
79th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Awarded on:
- May 3rd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Awarded on:
- May 6th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Awarded on:
- May 9th, 1942
Sources
- Photo 1: Wilco Vermeer
- Photo: Wilco Vermeer collection
- - OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- 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
- Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945
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