Date of birth:

February 20th, 1920 (Essen/Rhineprovince, Germany)

Date of death:

December 11th, 2004 (Essen/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Nationality:

German

00.09.1938: joined the Kriegsmarine
00.00.1939-00.05.1940: served aboard the cruiser 'Köln'
00.06.1940: trained as an observer with Flieger-Erg.Gr. (See) 1
10.06.1941: Leutnant zur See transferred to Kü.Fl.Gr. 506
00.02.1942: transferred to Erg.Staffel / Kü.Fl.Gr. 506
01.04.1942: transferred to 12./ KG 26
00.00.1942: trained with the Torpedoschule Grosseto, then returned to
3./ Kü.Fl.Gr. 506 (soon renamed 9./ KG 26)
18.09.1942: WIA when his Ju 88 A-4 coded '1T+FT' was hit by Anti-Aircraft gun North of the Kanin Peninsula, crash landed at Banak airfiedl
04.01.1943: Leutnant, awarded the Ehrenpokal
02.06.1943: transferred to Stab III./ KG 26 as Major beim Stab
15.10.1943: appointed Staka 9./ KG 26
17.10.1943: Oberleutnant, awarded DKiG, III./ KG 26
08.01.1944: appointed Major beim Stab of IV./ KG 26
00.04.1944: appointed Ia, III./ KG 26
06.04.1944: Oberleutnant, awarded Ritterkreuz, 12./ KG 26
00.07.1944: volunteered for pilot training
01.08.1944: transferred to the Luftwaffe
30.08.1944: transferred to FFS A 10 for pilot training
11.01.1945: transferred to FFS A 12
27.03.1945: transferred to the ground forces, serving with 1. Fsch.Jg.Korps
Credited with about 100 missions

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• Photo 1: Wilco Vermeer
• Photo: WIlco Vermeer collection, the Netherlands
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