Schneeweis, Wolfgang
- Date of birth:
- October 24th, 1919 (Rodach/Coburg, Germany)
- Date of death:
- July 29th, 1943 (Nevel, 100 km North of Vitebsk / Gerassimowa / Kotovo / Vodjanik)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery Sebesh
Grave: UNK. - Nationality:
- German
Biography
March 15th, 1943: WIA in a take-off accident from Smolensk-Nord with Ju 88C-6 Werknummer 360.041
July 28th, 1943-July 29th, 1943: Oberleutnant, 4. Staffel, Nah-Nacht-Jagd-Schwarm, Luftflotten-Kommando 6, reported MIA when Ju 88 A-4 Werknummer 3797 coded '8V+KH' failed to return from operations around Vitebsk - hit by ground fire - remaining crew (all KIA):
-Feldwebel EP Max Mannl, Beobachter
-Unteroffizier EP Paul Ulbricht (o17.05.1920), Bordfunker
Posthumously promoted to Hauptmann - pilot credited with 17 night victories and 10 aircrafts destroyed on the ground.
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Flugzeugführerabzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer
- Awarded on:
- July 1st, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- 4.(F) Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe 121
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- 4.(F) Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe 121
- Awarded on:
- March 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- 4.(F) Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe 121
- Awarded on:
- April 15th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, Nachtjagdschwarm, Luftflotten-Kommando 6
- Awarded on:
- November 15th, 1943
Sources
- - OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht - Kracker Luftwaffe Archive
- https://www.ww2.dk/Lw Offz - S-Z Apr 2023.pdf
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