Schmitz, Günther (WL-Transportgeschwader 2)
- Date of birth:
- October 15th, 1919 (Cuxhaven/Hamburg, Germany)
- Date of death:
- September 13th, 1944 (Crete, Mediterranean)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
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- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer 10. / Transportgeschwader 2
- Awarded on:
- April 20th, 1944
Awarded in recognition of his total mission count of about 500 front flights as a transport pilot.
Sources
- - MÖBIUS, INGO & HUß, JÜRGEN, Stille Adler, Eigenverlag Ingo Möbius, Chemnitz, 2019.
- 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