Stifter, Kurt (Stukageschwader 77)
- Date of birth:
- April 19th, 1918 (Vienna, Austria-Hungary)
- Date of death:
- December 21st, 1942 (near Hill 203-9, 3km east of Fissenkowo, Rossosch, Russia)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery Kursk - Besedino
Grave: UNK. - Service number:
- SS-Nr.: // NSDAP-Nr.:
- Nationality:
- Austrian
Biography
21.12.1942: Leutnant, 9./ StG-77, KIA along with his Bordfunker Uffz Reinhold Schewe, during a low-level attack 3 km east of Fissenkovo, 17 km southeast of Rossosh, after having received a direct flak hit. 482 missions including 103 against Sevastopol
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Flugzeugführerabzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer
- Awarded on:
- April 2nd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- 9. Staffel, Stuka-Geschwader 77
- Awarded on:
- September 8th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- Adjutant, III. Gruppe, Stukageschwader 77
- Awarded on:
- January 22nd, 1943
“Leutnant Stifter distinguished himself as a bomber pilot over the course of 482 sorties in the East. He died a heroic death on the 21.12.1942 whilst executing a difficult interdiction mission.”
103 of these sorties were flown against Sevastopol.
Awarded posthumously.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1943
Sources
- - OBERMAIER, ERNST, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Verlag Dieter Hoffmann, Mainz, 1976.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht - Die Grenz-Zeitung (Edition 33) - One moment, please...
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