Pöthig, Georg
- Date of birth:
- August 3rd, 1917 (Hammerfeld/Sprottau, Germany)
- Date of death:
- October 4th, 1995 (Hettstedt (Saxony-Anhalt), Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Participated in at least 900 sorties, most of these as a ground attack radio operator.
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel (Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Bordfunker
- Awarded on:
- March 23rd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel
- Unit:
- 9./Stuka-Geschwader 2
- Awarded on:
- November 10th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Bordfunker 8./Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"
- Awarded on:
- September 5th, 1944
Sources
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- OBERMAIER, ERNST, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Verlag Dieter Hoffmann, Mainz, 1976.
- 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.
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