Peters, Josef Richard

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Date of birth:: February 20th, 1920 (Essen/Rhineprovince, Germany)
Date of death:: December 11th, 2004 (Essen/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

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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Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:: Beobachter
Awarded on:: January 4th, 1943

Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:: III. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 26, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:: October 17th, 1943

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:: Beobachter, 12. Staffel, IV. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 26, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:: April 6th, 1944

Awarded for his participation in numerous successful sorties in the maritime bombardment role. By war's end he had partaken in just about 100 sorties, but in this time was involved in the sinking/damaging of about 110000 GRT of shipping.

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Flugzeugbeobachterabzeichen

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger in Bronze

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Sources

Photo 1: Wilco Vermeer
Photo: WIlco Vermeer collection, the Netherlands
- FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008.
- URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- das-ritterkreuz.de
- ww2.dk

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