Meyer, August Heinrich Gerhard (Luftwaffe)
- Date of birth:
- March 30th, 1915 (Wesermünde/Hannover, Germany)
- Date of death:
- September 26th, 1944 (Mediterranean)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
August Meyer was reported missing in action from September 26th, 1944 in the Mediterranean.
Promotions:
28th September 1933: Heizer;
1st July 1935: Oberheizer;
1st October 1935: Stabsheizer;
September 1943: Oberleutnant;
February 1944: Hauptmann.
Career:
1st July 1933 - March 1936: Panzerschiff "Deutschland";
March 1936: transfer to the Luftwaffe.
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DRL Sportabzeichen in Bronze
- Rank:
- Heizer
- Unit:
- Heizer, Panzerschiff "Deutschland"
- Awarded on:
- July 12th, 1934
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier
- Unit:
- Fliegerschule (See) Warnemünde
- Awarded on:
- October 1st, 1937
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier
- Unit:
- Fliegerschule (See) Warnemünde
- Awarded on:
- December 1st, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 12th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
Pilota Militare
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, See-Transportflieger-Staffel 1
- Awarded on:
- March 29th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- See-Transportflieger-Staffel 1
- Awarded on:
- December 12th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- February 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- February 1944
Sources
- Photo 1: Eckhard Stolle
- - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- 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
- Deutsche Dienststelle, WASt-Berlin
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