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Putz, Helmut (KG 27 'Boelcke')
Putz, Helmut (KG 27 'Boelcke')
Date of birth:
May 8th, 1915 (Munich, Germany)
Date of death:
December 8th, 1995 (Munich/Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:
German
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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer
,
II. Gruppe
,
Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"
Awarded on:
September 19th, 1942
Awarded in recognition of his 317 sorties flown (199 of these in the East), which were counted as 377 front flights.
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
4. Staffel
,
Kampf-Geschwader 27
Awarded on:
October 15th, 1941
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer
,
II. Gruppe
,
Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"
Awarded on:
May 8th, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 16th, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 19th, 1940
Flugzeugführerabzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
-
URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011
.
- Ritterkreuz Archiv Nr. II/11, Scherzer Militaer-Verlag, 2011, Ranis, ISSN 1866-4709
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