Stimpel, Walter
- Date of birth:
- November 29th, 1917 (Oelsen/Saxony, Germany)
- Date of death:
- January 13th, 2008
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Flew a total of 400+ missions with the Ju 87, of which over 330 were in the East. His successes included the sinking of several enemy supply ships on the Dnieper as well as a further five freighters in the Black Sea.
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- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän 6./Stukageschwader 77
- Awarded on:
- June 7th, 1942
Awarded following the completion of 250+ sorties.
Sources
- - OBERMAIER, ERNST, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Verlag Dieter Hoffmann, Mainz, 1976.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X