Stuhlberger, Wilhelm (Flak-Regiment 29)

Date of birth:: April 5th, 1917 (St. Aerding bei Schärding, Austria)
Date of death:: 1947 (in Russian captivity in Siberia)
Nationality:: German

Biography

Promotions:
October 1st, 1940: Leutnant;
April 1942: Oberleutnant;
May 1st, 1944: Hauptmann.

Career:
1939: Flakabteilung 76;
1941: Chef 1. Batterie, Flakabteilung 76 - Flak-Reg. 6;
September 1942: Flak-Regiment 29 - 18. Flakdivision;
1943: fightings around Rshew and Witebsk;
Beginning 1944: Führer - Kampfgruppe 'Stuhlberger';
1945: appointed to the Flakartillerieschule - Rerik
April 1945: Führer - Kampfgruppe 'Stuhlberger' in Berlin;
05.1945: soviet POW;
1947: POW camp near Mogilev - Belarus then transferred to Siberia;
1998: officially declared death

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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:: 4. Batterie, I. Abteilung, Flak-Regiment 29, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:: September 24th, 1942

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:: Chef, 5. Batterie, I. abteilung, Flak-Regiment 29, 18. Flak-Division, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:: June 9th, 1944

Awarded for the following actions...

1) His achievements during the fighting around Rzhev, where he destroyed 10 tanks in two days with an 88 mm gun.

2) An action which took place on the 09.02.1944. On this day the Soviets were able to penetrate the German lines. Despite the lack of communication with higher commands, Hauptmann Stuhlberger was able to assemble the remnants of the German forces into a Kampfgruppe on his own initiative and succeeded in preventing a Soviet breakthrough.