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Stritter, Karl-Friedrich

    Date of birth:
    April 3rd, 1922
    Date of death:
    December 13th, 2002
    Nationality:
    German

    Biography

    Karl Friedrich Stritter has fougt as Pilot of a Junkers Ju 87 on the russian front. He had nearly 500 flights and was injured three times.

    He was heavily injured in 1943 and cold not fly until the end of the war.
    After some years in Austria he came back to Germany an trained German Pilots for more than twenty years. His last rank was Oberst im Gerneralstab.

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Fähnrich (Warrant Officer)
    Awarded on:
    April 23rd, 1941
    Flugzeugführerabzeichen
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
    Unit:
    4. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann", Luftwaffe
    Awarded on:
    May 7th, 1942
    Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger in Bronze
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
    Unit:
    4. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann", Luftwaffe
    Awarded on:
    April 24th, 1942
    Awarded for a wound received on April 24th, 1942.
    Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
    Unit:
    4. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann", Luftwaffe
    Awarded on:
    May 9th, 1942
    Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
    Unit:
    4. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann", Luftwaffe
    Awarded on:
    July 27th, 1942
    Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger in Silber
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    September 28th, 1942
    Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
    Unit:
    4. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann", Luftwaffe
    Awarded on:
    November 13th, 1942
    Awarded for wounds received on April 24th, 1942, July 25th, 1942 and September 26th, 1942.
    Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Silber
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
    Unit:
    4. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann", Luftwaffe
    Awarded on:
    November 17th, 1942
    Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

    Sources

    • - Patrick Stritter
      - Verleihungsurkunde Flugzeugführerabzeichen, Frontflug Bronze, Frontflug Silber, EK2
      - Besitzzeugnis Verwundeten Schwarz, Silber
      - Aircrew Remembered St

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