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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 (1933-1945, Third Reich)

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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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer
Awarded on:
July 1st, 1942
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
4.(F) Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe 121
Frontflugspange für Aufklärer in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
4.(F) Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe 121
Awarded on:
March 1943
WIA 15.03.1943

Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
4.(F) Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe 121
Awarded on:
April 15th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer, Nachtjagdschwarm, Luftflotten-Kommando 6
Awarded on:
November 15th, 1943
Awarded posthumously in recognition of his wartime successes, which included 17 night victories and 10 aircraft destroyed on the ground.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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