Date of birth:

June 18th, 1913 (Fürth/Bavaria, Germany)

Date of death:

March 6th, 1943 (Varenikovskaja/Russian SFSR, USSR)

Nationality:

German

Had flown a total of 420 front flights by the time of his death.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Feldwebel (Sergeant)

Unit:

2. Staffel, Kampfgruppe zur besonderen Verwendung 9, Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

August 4th, 1942

Written in Patzwall / Scherzer as Kräußel.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Feldwebel (Sergeant)

Unit:

Flugzeugführer, Kampfgeschwader zur besonderen Verwendung 172, Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

December 24th, 1942

Awarded in light of his outstanding record as a transport pilot. By the time of his Knight’s Cross recommendation he had achieved a total of 237 sorties (counted as 356 front flights), most of them on the Eastern front.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

March 16th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

November 20th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

May 10th, 1940

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