Stüdemann, Gerhard "Stutz" (Schlachtgeschwader 77)
- Date of birth:
- June 19th, 1920 (Rom-Parchim/Mecklenburg, Germany)
- Date of death:
- December 6th, 1998 (Trier/Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Gerhard Stüdemann flew a total of 996 operational sorties.
01.10.1939: Fahnenjunker, Flieger-Ausbildungs-Regiment 10 - Stuka-Flieger
00.03.1940: Stukaschule Graz
00.10.1940: Ergänzungs-Stuka-Staffel, VIII. Fliegerkorps
01.02.1941: promoted to Leutnant
15.02.1941: Staffeloffizier, 2. Staffel, Stuka-Geschwader 77 - Channel
00.04.1941: campaign in the Balkans
00.06.1941: campaign in Rußland
15.08.1941: Gruppenadjutant, I. Gruppe, Stuka-Geschwader 77
20.08.1942: Deutschen Kreuz in Gold
01.02.1943: promoted to Oberleutnant
16.04.1943: Führer, 7. Staffel, Stuka-Geschwader 151
15.07.1943: Kapitän, 9. Staffel, Stuka-Geschwader 77
17.08.1943: 500th flight over Orel
26.03.1944: 700th flight - Ritterkreuz
20.04.1944: 800th flight
01.12.1944: promoted to Hauptmann
00.02.1945: Kapitän, III. Gruppe, Schlacht-Geschwader 77
28.03.1945: Eichenlaub
00.05.1945: 996 air missions and 117 tanks destroyed
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Flugzeugführerabzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 13th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 20th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer
- Awarded on:
- April 2nd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- Adjutant, I. Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 77
- Awarded on:
- August 21st, 1942
Award 5/85.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän, 9. Staffel, Sturzkampfgeschwader 77
- Awarded on:
- March 26th, 1944
- 50 tanks
- 31 AA guns
- 30 field guns
- Several armoured and supply trains
- A 1200 GRT supply ship in the Black Sea.
1068th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, III. Gruppe, Schlachtgeschwader 77
- Awarded on:
- March 28th, 1945
813th Award.
Sources
- Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
- - OBERMAIER, ERNST, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Verlag Dieter Hoffmann, Mainz, 1976.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- 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
- Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945
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