Date of birth:

September 19th, 1920 (Nordstrand, Germany)

Date of death:

July 1st, 1944 (Tarnowitz/Silesia, Poland)

Nationality:

German

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Leutnant (Pilot Officer)

Awarded on:

September 1st, 1942

Published in the Ehrenliste der Deutschen Luftwaffe on September 7th, 1942.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

May 1st, 1943

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant

Unit:

II./ Stuka-Geschwader 3

Awarded on:

June 4th, 1943

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

November 28th, 1943

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)

Unit:

Staffelführer 8./Schlachtgeschwader 3

Awarded on:

April 6th, 1944

Awarded for his achievements over about 400 sorties flown as a Stuka pilot. They included 12 British tanks destroyed in just two days during the Sollum tank battle. In the Mediterranean he destroyed 2 supply ships (with 11000 GRT) and also damaged a destroyer near Tobruk with a direct hit on 14.09.1942. After transferring to the Eastern front, he participated in the sinking of 3 Soviet destroyers SW of the Crimea on 06.10.1943. Later, on 10.10.1943, he also destroyed a bridge over the Dnieper west of Krementchuk by a direct hit.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• Photo 1: Wilco Vermeer
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