Schachtschabel, Wilhelm (KG 51 'Edelweiss')
- Date of birth:
- February 14th, 1916
- Date of death:
- February 29th, 1944 (Sebancourt north east of Saint Quentin - France)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery Lommel
Plot: 59. Grave: 526.
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Oberfeldwebel serving with 3./ Kampfgeschwader 51 'Edelweiss' then 1./ KG 6
29.02.1944: KIA as Oberfeldwebel serving in the Stab 1./ KG 6 when Ju188 coded '3E +AB' crashed at Sebancourt 18kms NE of St. Quentin:
-Major Helmut Fuhrhop, pilot and Gruppen Kdr,
-Oberfeldwebel Albert Schubert, observer,
-Oberfeldwebel Alfons Eichschmidt, radio operator,
-Stabsfeldwebel Walter Rehfeldt, flight engineer,
-Oberfeldwebel Wilhelm Schachtschnabel, air gunner
-Feldwebel Arnold Buettner, mechanic.
Oberfeldwebel Schachtschnabel was most probably promoted posthumously to Leutnant
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- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Bordschütze
- Awarded on:
- July 20th, 1942
According to Patzwall the surname is written as Schachtschnabel.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- 2./ Kampf-Geschwader 51 'Edelweiss'
- Awarded on:
- February 23rd, 1943
Sources
- - 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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