Reinke, Friedrich-Wilhelm

Date of birth:: December 25th, 1908 (Stettin/Pommerania, Germany)
Date of death:: August 10th, 1986 (Hamburg/Hamburg, Germany)
Nationality:: German

Biography

Promotions:
?: Hauptmann;
January 1st, 1943: Major.

Career:
?: 4. Batterie, Flak-Abteilung 183;
January 1941: Stab, Luftgau Kommando Westfrankreich;
July 29th, 1942: Führer, I. Abteilung, Flak-Regiment 5;
October 14th, 1942: Kommandeur, I. Abteilung, Flak-Regiment 9;
?: Führerreserve OKL (Flak-Ersatz-Abteilung 3);
September 14th, 1943: z.w.V. Höheren Kommandeur der Flakartillerieschulen;
?: Kommandeur, I. Abteilung, Flak-Regiment 9;
October 22nd, 1944: Kommandeur, II. (Sturm) Abteilung, Flak-Regiment 22;
February 25th, 1945 - April 1945: m.d.F.b., I. Abteilung, Flak-Regiment 4.

Reinke (middle) as Leutnant

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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:: Kommandeur, I. Abteilung, Flak-Regiment 9 "Legion Condor", Luftwaffe
Awarded on:: February 23rd, 1943

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Major (Squadron Leader)
Unit:: Kommandeur, I. Abteilung, Flak-Regiment 9 "Legion Condor", Luftwaffe
Awarded on:: October 9th, 1943

Here follows a first-hand account by Reinke himself which describes the principal action by which he received the Knight’s Cross…

“On the 15.01.1943 I held a section of front south of the Pitomnik airfield (near Stalingrad) with two 8.8 cm and three 2 cm AA guns as well as 180 men. When I did a roll call later that day at 16:00 I was able to find just 30 men. With 12 men I reached the German lines which had been pulled back during the day. In this action, as usual, I had covered the retreat of the 297. Infanterie-Division and was recommended for the Knight’s Cross by its commander, Generalleutnant Pfeffer.”