Zellner, Karl
- Date of birth:
- September 28th, 1918 (Hangalzesberg-Wolfstein/Bavaria, Germany)
- Date of death:
- September 13th, 1943 (Poltava/Oblast Poltava, Ukraine)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Died through an air crash.
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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)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer
- Awarded on:
- July 20th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier
- Unit:
- 1. / Sturzkampfgeschwader 77
- Awarded on:
- May 17th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel (Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer 1. / Sturzkampfgeschwader 77
- Awarded on:
- February 29th, 1944
Awarded posthumously.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Death-cards.com
- Photo: Andrew Straube via Death-Cards.com
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- OBERMAIER, ERNST, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Verlag Dieter Hoffmann, Mainz, 1976.
- 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.
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