Noller, Wilhelm
- Date of birth:
- November 28th, 1919 (Schwäbisch-Hall/Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
- Date of death:
- December 26th, 2011 (Erlangen/Bavaria, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Willi Noller served with Schlachtgeschwader 2 and flew a total of 1058 combat missions, including 200 over Stalingrad. During this time he was credited with the destruction of 86 tanks, 2 armoured trains, 2 ships, 5 bridges, and 2 aerial victories.
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Flugzeugführerabzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- December 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 2nd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 2nd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer
- Awarded on:
- November 23rd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier
- Unit:
- I. Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 2, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- February 13th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel (Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, 2. Staffel, I. Gruppe, Schlachtgeschwader 2, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- April 6th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- April 16th, 1945
Sources
- Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
- - OBERMAIER, ERNST, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Verlag Dieter Hoffmann, Mainz, 1976.
- 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
- Wehrmacht Awards
- Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945
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