Weihrauch, Werner
- Date of birth:
- August 22nd, 1916 (Kreuzberg/Bavaria, Germany)
- Date of death:
- August 22nd, 1999 (Nürnberg/Bavaria, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Werner Weihrauch flew over 992 missions, of which 220 in Focke-Wulf Fw 190's. He sunk a submarine and a minelayer and participated in ground attacks in almost every theater. Furthermore he achieved a total of three aerial victories.
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- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer 2. / Sturzkampfgeschwader 77
- Awarded on:
- February 19th, 1943
Awarded after the completion of 480 sorties.
Sources
- Photo 1: Willi Schumacher
- Photo: Willi Schumacher collections
- - OBERMAIER, ERNST, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Verlag Dieter Hoffmann, Mainz, 1976.
- 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., 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