Date of birth:

December 9th, 1916 (Dassow/Mecklenburg, Germany)

Date of death:

October 7th, 1981 (Werne and der Lippe/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Nationality:

German

During the Second World War, Karl-Hermann Millahn finally reachted the rank of Major. After the war he served with the Bundeswehr. Here he finally reached the rank of Oberstleutnant.

00.00.1936: entered the Heer, joining Inf.Rgt. 6 as an officer candidate
00.00.1938: transferred from the Heer to the Luftwaffe
00.00.1940: briefly served as a fight instructor for FFS C 8
20.09.1940: assigned to 1./ KG 76 on completion of training
07.05.1941-08.07.1941: Oblt., Staka 9./ KG 76
08.07.1941: WIA
31.08.1941: Oblt., Staka 9./KG 76 - WIA by AA fire NW of Lake Steryeshno with Ju 88 A-5 coded 'F1+CB'
00.00.1942-14.06.1943: Oblt., Staka 12./ KG 76
15.06.1942: Oblt., awarded the Ehrenpokal
15.07.1942-24.07.1942: Staka 3./ KG 76
25.07.1942: appointed Major beim Stab for I./ KG 76
13.08.1942: Oblt., awarded DKiG, 1./ KG 76
19.08.1942-15.09.1942: Oblt., Staka 9./ KG 76
15.09.1942: Oblt., 9./ KG 76, WIA in a collision with a Soviet fighter near Stalingrad with Ju 88 A-4 coded F1+S(B?)T near Zaritz estuary
01.01.1943-29.04.1943: Staka 12./ KG 76
00.01.1943-24.03.1943: transferred to Stab/ KG 76 as Major beim Stab
25.03.1943-29.04.1943: Oblt. and Staka 12./ KG 76
00.00.1943-20.04.1943: attended Verbandsführerschule / KG 101
01.07.1943: promoted to Hauptmann
17.08.1943-00.09.1943: Hptm., Staka 5./ KG 76
29.02.1944-23.06.1944: Hptm., Staka StabsSt. and Ia, KG 76, awarded Ritterkreuz on completing 375 combat missions
24.06.1944-23.01.1945: Hptm., Kdr. IV./ KG 76
23.01.1945: WIA
00.10.1944: began conversion training to Ar 234
01.01.1945-23.02.1945: promoted to Major and Kdr. III./ Erg.KG 1
23.01.1945: Hptm., Kdr. III./ Erg.KG 1, seriously WIA when his Ar 234 B-2 coded 'F1+AU' veered on take-off from Alt-Lonnewitz and crashed
00.05.1945: still hospitalized
00.00.1960: retired from the Bundeswehr as an Oberstleutnant
Credited with more than 375 combat missions

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