Date of birth:

September 16th, 1921 (Gifhorn, Germany)

Date of death:

April 20th, 1945 (Offenhausen bei Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany)

Buried on:

German War Cemetery Bensheim
Grave: 236.

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Wolfgang Lührs / Luehrs
00.11.1939: entered the Luftwaffe as an officer candidate, began training with Fl.Ausb.Rgt. 63
00.00.1940: trained as a pilot with FFS A/B 63, then FFS A/B 121, then FFS C 1, BFS 1, and finally Grosse KFS 4
15.06.1941: transferred to 10. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 53 'Legion Condor'
14.02.1941: transferred to 1. Staffel, KG 53
00.05.1942: attained his 100th mission
29.06.1942: Leutnant, awarded the Ehrenpokal
15.08.1942: flew his 200th mission
24.10.1942: Leutnant in 1./ KG 53, awarded the DKiG
00.11.1942-00.02.1943: flew supply missions to the Demyansk pocket
01.06.1943: in KG 53, promoted to Oberleutnant
24.11.1943-00.09.1944: Oberleutnant, Staka, 2./ KG 53
00.06.1944: took part in the Poltava raid
08.08.1944: flew his 400th mission
00.09.1944: transferred to the fighters
24.10.1944: Oberleutnant, awarded the Ritterkreuz, Staka in I./ KG 53
01.12.1944: promoted to Hauptmann
00.12.1944-00.02.1945: transferred to JG 108 for conversion
00.02.1945: became an infantryman
20.04.1945: Kdr, Volksturm demolition team, supposedly murdered by American troops after capture in Offenhausen bei Nürnberg for refusing to be looted from his knight cross
Pilot credited with 401 missions

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