Leibnitz, Gerhard (Nahaufklärungsgruppe 5)
- Date of birth:
- August 16th, 1919 (Graz/Styria, Austria)
- Date of death:
- September 26th, 1945 (Camp 253D, Kasatin II/Ukrainian SSR, USSR)
- Nationality:
- Austrian
Biography
01.06.1942: RDA for Oberleutnant (Kr.O./Fl.)
05.10.1942: Oblt. and Beobachter, awarded the Ehrenpokal
01.01.1943: transferred from the Heer to the Luftwaffe
00.03.1944: Oblt., 2./ NAGr. 5
01.10.1944: Oblt., awarded the DKiG, 2./ NAGr. 5
14.01.1945: Oblt., awarded Ritterkreuz, 2./ NAGr. 5
26.09.1945: died at Camp 253D, Kasatin II, Ukraine while in Soviet captivity - apparently executed
Credited with at least one victory
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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer und Beobachter, 2. Staffel, Nahaufklärungsgruppe 5, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- January 14th, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 1st, 1944
Vapaudenristin 4.luokka (VR 4)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 26th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- 2. Staffel, Nahaufklärungsgruppe 5, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- May 10th, 1944
Published in the Luftwaffen-Verordnungsblatt on October 1st, 1944.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant der Reserve (1st Lieutenant of Reserves)
- Unit:
- Beobachter, 2. Staffel, Nahaufklärungsgruppe 5, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1942
Was published in the Ehrenliste der Deutschen Luftwaffe on October 5th, 1942.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 7th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 28th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 13th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 19th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 4th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 29th, 1941
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.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2007.
- PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008.
- Verleihungsurkunde Ehrenpokal
- Ritterkreuz Archiv II/2010, Veit Scherzer, Ranis, Juni 2010, ISSN 1866-4709
- Axis History Biographical Research via Axis History Forum
- Vorschlag für die Verleihung des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes
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