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Seckel, Georg "Schorch" (Jagdgeschwader 77)

Date of birth:
March 22nd, 1911 (Kiel, Germany)
Date of death:
September 23rd, 1972
Nationality:
German

Biography

00.00.1929: entered the Reichmarine.
00.00.1934: transferred to the Luftwaffe
00.00.1936: with I./ JG 136
00.00.1938: with 6./ Tr.Gr. 186
00.07.1938: in 2.(J)/ Tr.Gr. 186
00.00.1940: in 9./ JG 77
23.06.1941: Oberfeldwebel, 7./ JG 77
18.11.1941: Stabsfeldwebel, 7./ JG 77
25.01.1942: Stabsfeldwebel, awarded the Ehrenpokal
19.03.1942: Stabsfeldwebel., awarded DKiG, 7./ JG 77
21.06.1942: Stabs-Fw., 7./ JG 77
01.11.1942: Stfw., promoted to Leutnant Kr.O. / Fl.
26.01.1943-00.02.1944: Staka 7./ JG 77
15.03.1943: Oberleutnant, 7./ JG 77
26.10.1943-09.11.1943: Oblt., concurrently appt acting Kdr. III./ JG 77
07.04.1944-05.06.1944: Hauptmann, Staka 1./ Erg.JGr. Süd
06.06.1944-07.08.1944: Hptm., Staka 1./ JGr. 200
00.07.1944: with 1./ JGr. 200
07.08.1944: Hptm., Staka 1./ JGr. 200, WIA - Bf 109 G-6 in combat with a P-47 over Salon, France
20.02.1945-08.05.1945: Hptm., Kdr. III./ Erg.JG 1
08.05.45: Soviet POW
Credited with 40 victories

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Stabsfeldwebel
Unit:
7. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 77
Awarded on:
March 19th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Stabsfeldwebel
Unit:
Flugzeugführer
Awarded on:
January 25th, 1942
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Awarded on:
October 2nd, 1936
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre

Sources

  • Photo: Sven Heinson
  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
    - Original Photos

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