Süß, Ernst (Jagdgeschwader 52)
- Date of birth:
- August 31st, 1912 (Possessern-Angerburg/Easternprussia, Germany)
- Date of death:
- December 20th, 1943 (Wardenburg/Oldenburg, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Ernst Süß was killed on 20th December 1943 as Staffelführer 9. / Jagdgeschwader 52 and was posthumously promoted to Oberleutnant.
Achieved a total of at least 68 victories, of which about 60 were in the East.
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Flugzeugführerabzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, 9. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 52
- Awarded on:
- May 4th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, 9. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 52
- Awarded on:
- July 2nd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, 9. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 52
- Awarded on:
- September 4th, 1942
Sources
- Photo 1: Norbert Beyerlein
- Photo: Norbert Beyerlein sammlung
- - OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- 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., Hauptmann Ernst-Siegfried Steen - Ritterkreuzträger im "Goldenen Buch der Flieger", pagina 217-225, Militaria magazine 6/2008, November-Dezember 2008, 31.Jahrgang, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, ISSN 0724-3529
- Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945
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