Luhr, Hans (Sturzkampfgeschwader 77)
- Date of birth:
- August 25th, 1916 (Nieder Karbach/Neuwied, Linz am Rhein, Germany)
- Date of death:
- September 20th, 1944 (Novy Dvor, Bohemia-Moravia)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery Allentsteig
Plot: 1. Row: 13. Grave: 259. - Nationality:
- German
Biography
Oberfeldwebel flew a total of 850 ground attack sorties and credited with 8 victories.
In this time he destroyed the following enemy materiel :
- 1 transport ship
- 1 freighter
- 1 submarine
- 33 tanks
- 1 armoured train
- 5 bridges
September 20th, 1944: Oberfeldwebel, 2. Staffel, Schlachtgeschwader 102, KIA, returning from a mission when his aircraft was jumped by American fighters over his home base, Novy Dvor Czechoslovakia - died from loss of blood and shock.
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Flugzeugführerabzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer
- Awarded on:
- March 23rd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, 7. Staffel, Sturzkampfgeschwader 77
- Awarded on:
- August 21st, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, 7. Staffel, Sturzkampfgeschwader 77
- Awarded on:
- February 29th, 1944
Sources
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- OBERMAIER, ERNST, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Verlag Dieter Hoffmann, Mainz, 1976.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008.
- Hans Luhr | Gräbersuche-Online
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