Miethig, Rudolf (Jagdgeschwader 52)
- Date of birth:
- October 17th, 1921 (Zwickau/Sudetenland)
- Date of death:
- June 10th, 1943 (near Krymskaja, Soviet Union)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery Krasnodar-Apscheronsk
Grave: unk. - Nationality:
- German
Biography
00.00.1939: entered the Luftwaffe
00.04.1941: transferred to 3./ JG 52
27.05.1942: Leutnant, 3./ JG 52 unhurt when his Bf 109 F-2 made unintended ground contact due to fog near Wieringermeer
31.05.1942: 1 victory with 3./ JG 52
02.07.1942-10.06.1943: Lt., Staka 3./ JG 52
18.08.1942: 1 victory, Lt., 3. / JG 52
09.09.1942: 1 victory, Lt., 3./ JG 52
19.10.1942: Lt., awarded the Ehrenpokal
29.10.1942: awarded Ritterkreuz, Stafü 3./ JG 52
28.02.1943: 1 victory, Lt., 3. / JG 52
26.03.1943: 1 victory, Lt., 3./ JG 52
01.04.1943: in JG 52, promoted to Oberleutnant
24.04.1943: 1 victory, Lt., 3./ JG 52
14.05.1943: 1 victory, Lt., 3./ JG 52
27.05.1943: 1 victory, Oblt., 3./ JG 52
10.06.1943: Oblt., Staka 3./ JG 52 KIA when his Bf 109 G-2 coded 'Yellow 1 +' collided with a Yak-1 over the Taman Peninsula and plunged to his death, crashed 10 km North East of Krimskaya in Pl.Qu. 34 Ost /85112
01.01.1944: posthumously promoted to Hauptmann
19.01.1944: posthumously awarded DKiG, 3./ JG 52
01.08.1944: officially listed as MIA
Credited with 101 air victories
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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- Staffelführer, 3. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 52
- Awarded on:
- October 29th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- 3. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 52
- Awarded on:
- January 19th, 1944
Awarded posthumously.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer
- Awarded on:
- October 19th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Norbert Beyerlein
- Photo: Beyerlein sammlung
- - OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
- 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
- Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945
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