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Pfau, Eugen (Aufklärungsgruppe O.b.d.L.)

Date of birth:
September 20th, 1912
Date of death:
October 4th, 1942 (Pensa-Sysrau-Saratow)
Nationality:
German

Biography

04.10.1942: Oberfeldwebel, 3.(F)/ Ob. d. L., MIA when Ju 88D-1 Werknummer 1635 was rammed by a MiG-3 of 802 IAP, piloted by Sgt Nikolai F.Shutov, who was killed in the collision - crashed in the Syzran, Samara Oblast, Russia - remaining crew (all MIA):
-Uffz Werner Seidel (o27.08.1919), Flugzeugführer
-Fw Heinrich Mayer (or Meyer), Bordfunker
-Fw Artur Schless (o31.12.1914), Bordmechaniker

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:
Bordfunker
Awarded on:
December 8th, 1941
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:
3.(Fern) Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe O.b.d.L., Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
October 20th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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