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Romm, Oskar

Date of birth:
December 18th, 1919 (Haindorf/Hesse-Nassau, Germany)
Date of death:
May 1st, 1993 (Waldesch/Koblenz, Germany)
Nationality:
German

Biography

Flew a total of 229 sorties (including 54 fighter-bomber sorties). In this time he achieved a score of 92 aerial victories (including 8 four-engined bombers).

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel
Unit:
I. / Jagdgeschwader 51
Awarded on:
October 17th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer 1. / Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders"
Awarded on:
February 29th, 1944
Awarded after 76 aerial victories.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel
Unit:
Flugzeugführer 1. / Jagdgeschwader 51
Awarded on:
November 1st, 1943
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg

Sources

  • Photo 1: Known to STIWOT
  • - OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
    - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
    - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
    - Patzwall K.D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Studien zur Geschichte der Auszeichnungen, Band 6, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008, ISBN 978-3-931533-08-3
    - Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945

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