Martin, Wolfgang (KG 3)
- Date of birth:
- September 11th, 1916 (Düsseldorf/Rhineprovince, Germany)
- Date of death:
- May 13th, 1944 (near Bürschen/Brandenburg, Germany)
- Buried on:
- German War Graves Nordfriedhof
Plot: 112. Row: O. Grave: 119. - Nationality:
- German
Biography
Erkennungsmarke 321/53578.
Wolfgang Martin served with 6. / Kampfgeschwader 3 from 1940 until March 1944. After this he was trained as Zerstörer pilot and was transferred to 4. / Zerstörergeschwader on 3rd Mai 1944. He died on 13th May 1944 near Bürschen, east of Frankfurt am Main as Oberfeldwebel and Flugzeugführer with 4. / Zerstörergeschwader 26 "Horst Wessel" together with his Bordfunker Feldwebel Ahlgrimm. Most probably they were shot down by a P-51 Mustang fighter. Martin flew a total of about 600 sorties and shot down two enemy planes of which one was a four engined bomber.
He lies buried at the Kriegsgräberstätte in Düsseldorf-Nordfriedhof (Germany), Plot 112, Row O, Grave 119.
Promotions:
1st December 1939: Unteroffizier;
1st September 1941: Feldwebel;
1st June 1942: Oberfeldwebel.
Career:
5th December 1939: Flieger Ausbildungs-Regiment;
6th August 1940: Flieger-Ersatz-Kampfgruppe II;
11th September 1940: 6. / Kampfgeschwader 3;
19th December 1942 - 2nd November 1943: 12. / Kampfgeschwader 3;
3rd November 1942 - 5th January 1944: 10. / Kampfgeschwader 3;
6th January 1944: II. / Kampfgeschwader 3;
30th March 1944 - 2nd May 1944: 2. / Ersatz-Zerstörergruppe;
3rd May 1944: 4. / Zerstörergeschwader 26.
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Flugzeugführerabzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer 6. / Kampfgeschwader 3 "Blitz"
- Awarded on:
- November 1st, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer 6. / Kampfgeschwader 3 "Blitz"
- Awarded on:
- January 22nd, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer 6. / Kampfgeschwader 3 "Blitz"
- Awarded on:
- May 25th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer 6. / Kampfgeschwader 3 "Blitz"
- Awarded on:
- July 12th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer 6. / Kampfgeschwader 3 "Blitz"
- Awarded on:
- September 30th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel (Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, 6. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 3 "Blitz"
- Awarded on:
- November 4th, 1941
Published in the Ehrenliste der Deutschen Luftwaffe on 1st December 1941.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel (Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, 6. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 3 "Blitz"
- Awarded on:
- May 27th, 1942
Awarding according to the soldbuch on 8th June 1942.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer 6. / Kampfgeschwader 3 "Blitz"
- Awarded on:
- August 6th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer 6. / Kampfgeschwader 3 "Blitz"
- Awarded on:
- September 2nd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, 6. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 3 "Blitz"
- Awarded on:
- December 30th, 1942
“Oberfeldwebel Wolfgang Martin has distinguished himself as a bomber pilot against both England and the Soviet Union. In July of the previous year he had a major share in the destruction of a Soviet tank group. His intervention in the ground combat brought friendly ground troops relief and support on many occasions.”
By this time Martin had flown 305 operational sorties.
Sources
- Photo 1: Soldbuch
- Photo: Soldbuch/Hans-Peter Rackete
- - URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
- Patzwall K.D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Studien zur Geschichte der Auszeichnungen, Band 6, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008, ISBN 978-3-931533-08-3
- Soldbuch
- Die Grenz-Zeitung (Edition 18)
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