Tscherning, Willi
- Date of birth:
- June 15th, 1917 (Naumburg-Bober/Silesia, Germany)
- Date of death:
- January 20th, 2012 (Borna/Saxony, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Promotions:
x?, 1937: Gefreiter;
x?, 1939: Unteroffizier;
x?, 1940: Feldwebel;
x?, 1942: Oberfeldwebel.
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Fliegerschutzenabzeichen für Bordfunker und Bordschutzen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 28th, 1938
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- November 1938
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 31st, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- March 25th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 9th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel (Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Bordfunker
- Awarded on:
- February 9th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 3rd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel (Sergeant)
- Unit:
- 3. / Kampfgeschwader 4
- Awarded on:
- August 21st, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- December 11th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Bordfunker 9. / Kampfgeschwader 1 "Hindenburg"
- Awarded on:
- November 18th, 1944
1) Action in Poland and the Norwegian campaign.
2) Bombing missions against Britain in 1940, where he flew mostly night missions against a variety of targets (including minelaying missions).
3) Actions on the Eastern front, including bombing raids against Moscow, supply missions to the Demyansk/Cholm pockets and minelaying operations in the Gulf of Finland.
4) Night bombing missions against England in late 1943 - early 1944 with the He 177 bomber.
Sources
- Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008.
- URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.
- Ritterkreuz Archiv II/2012, Veit Scherzer, Ranis, Juli 2012, ISSN 1866-4709
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