Thurnhuber, Josef 'Sepp' (Kampfgeschwader 200)

Date of birth:: July 13th, 1920 (Mühldorf/Bavaria, Germany)
Date of death:: October 1st, 2000 (Aichach/Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:: German

Biography

Promotions:
March 12th, 1945: Leutnant;
?: Major (Bundeswehr).

Career:
1942: IV. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 55;
January 1943: 9. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 55;
?: 14. (Eis) Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 55;
August 1943: 1. Staffel, Versuchverband Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe;
February 1944: I. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 200;
May 1944: Kommando "Carmen";
? - September 30th, 1973: Bundeswehr.

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Flugzeugführerabzeichen

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Feldwebel (Sergeant)
Unit:: Flugzeugführer
Awarded on:: September 13th, 1943

Date is that of publication in the Erhenliste der Deutschen Luftwaffe.

Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg

Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Feldwebel (Sergeant)
Unit:: I. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 200, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:: April 15th, 1944

Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger in Gold mit Anhänger und einzatszahl

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

with clasp "200"

Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger in Gold mit Anhänger und einzatszahl

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:: Flugzeugführer, I. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 200, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:: March 12th, 1945

Awarded in recognition of his many successful sorties, first as part of a train hunting squadron on the Eastern front and later in the famous KG 200. In total he flew about 250 combat missions, of which approx. 180 of them were in the East.