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Löwe, Johannes (Kampgeschwader 27)

Date of birth:
May 28th, 1922 (Werne)
Date of death:
July 5th, 1943 (North West of Belgorod)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Kursk - Besedino
Grave: UNK.
Nationality:
German

Biography

03.01.1942: Lt., III./ KG 26 lightly WIA - He 111 H-5 coded '1H+AS' crashed on landing at Seschinskaja in bad weather
02.11.1942: Lt., awarded the Ehrenpokal
26.02.1943: Lt. in 7./ KG 27, awarded the DKiG
01.07.1943: in KG 27, promoted to Oberleutnant
05.07.1943: Oberleutnant, Flugzeugführer, 7./ III./ KG 27, KIA when He 111H-16 Werknummer 8159 shot down by antiaircraft direct hit in the cockpit North West of Belgorod
Remaining crew (all KIA):
Lt. Dankwart RUDEL (o06.03.1923), Flugzeugführer
Fw. Walter LANG (o10.06.1916), Beobachter (DKiG)
Unteroffizier Fritz Sartor, Bordfunker (DKiG)
Uffz. Emil HIRSCHMANN (o15.10.1919), Bordschütze

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
III. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 26
Awarded on:
January 3rd, 1942
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer
Awarded on:
November 2nd, 1942
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
7. Staffel, Kampf-Geschwader 27
Awarded on:
February 26th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Sources

  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht - TITLE

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