Schiller, Horst

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Date of birth:: September 6th, 1917 (Berlin, Germany)
Date of death:: June 2nd, 1943 (NW of Krymsk, USSR)
Nationality:: German

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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberleutnant
Unit:: Stab/Stuka-Geschwader 3
Awarded on:: January 22nd, 1942

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Major (Squadron Leader)
Unit:: Kommandeur I./Schlachtgeschwader 3
Awarded on:: June 9th, 1944

Awarded in recognition of his 466 sorties as a ground attack pilot. During this time he inflicted the following materiel losses on the enemy...

- 1 destroyer
- 2 supply ships
- 17 tanks
- 1 armoured train
- 1 coastal battery

Sources

- OBERMAIER, ERNST, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Verlag Dieter Hoffmann, Mainz, 1976.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht

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