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Spindler, Werner

Date of birth:
July 12th, 1913 (Werdau/Saxony, Germany)
Date of death:
February 20th, 1984 (Wittenberg/Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 8th, 1943
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:
5.(H) Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe 41, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
July 12th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:
Beobachter, 2.(H) Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe 3, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
September 30th, 1944
The following newspaper excerpt (taken from the 06.11.1944 edition of the newspaper “Werdauer Zeitung und Tagesblatt”) describes why Spindler received the Knight’s Cross…

“He delivered valuable reconnaissance information over the course of 325 sorties.”
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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