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Stock, Johann Josef (KG 53 'Legion Condor')

Date of birth:
April 13th, 1919
Date of death:
January 14th, 1943 (Stalingrad, Russia)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Rossoshki
Grave: UNK.
Nationality:
German

Biography

Johan Stock served as Bordmechaniker in sorties over Frans, England and the Soviet Union. He did not return from a sortie to Stalingrad on 15th January 1943.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier
Unit:
Bordmechaniker, 4. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 53
Awarded on:
March 2nd, 1942
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier
Unit:
Bordmechaniker, 4. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 53
Awarded on:
May 22nd, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Sources

  • Photo 1: Peter Kassak
  • - 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
    - Patzwall K.D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Studien zur Geschichte der Auszeichnungen, Band 6, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008, ISBN 978-3-931533-08-3
    - Deathcard

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