Lehneke, Walter
- Date of birth:
- July 26th, 1902 (Klein Apenburg)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
12.10.1938: Gefreiter
01.11.1939: Unteroffizier
01.05.1940: Feldwebel
01.10.1940: Oberfeldwebel
21.07.1941: Oberfeldwebel, 3.(H)/Aufkl.Gr. 23
01.12.1941: Leutnant
04.02.1943: Lt., 7.(H)/Aufkl.Gr. 32
01.04.1944: Oberleutnant
Trained as a Beobachter in Nahaufklärung units, he saw action in France 1940, then on the northern sector of the Eastern Front (Lithuania, Estonia, Leningrad), where he earned his EKII. A new series of awards followed mid 1942 when he was deployed with Nahaufklärungs-Staffel 7 (H) / 32 on the Southern sector of the Eastern front, earning him the EKI and two flying clasps. Major awards followed in 1943: the Frontflugspange für Aufklärer in Gold, the Ehrenpokal and the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold awarded on 12th of July 1943. In February 1944 he was taken away from the front, tos erve with the Fliegerbildschule Hildesheim and later the Erganzungs-Nahaufklärungsgruppe.
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- 3. Staffel (H), Aufklärungsgruppe 23, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- July 21st, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Awarded on:
- July 25th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- 7.(H) Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe 32, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- February 4th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- 7.(H) Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe 32, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- July 12th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- Beobachter
- Awarded on:
- May 8th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 3rd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 21st, 1942
Sources
- Photo: TITLE
- - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Verleihungsurkunde DKiG
- Verleihungsurkunde EK2
- Verleihungsurkunde EK1
- Besitzzeugnis Frontflugspange Gold
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