Zinn, Theodor Werner (KG 26)
- Date of birth:
- August 26th, 1917 (Meiningen, Thüringen)
- Date of death:
- September 14th, 1942 (near Svalbard, South of the Island Spitzbergen, North of the Arctic Sea)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
14.09.1942: Oberfeldwebel, Observer, 2. Lufttorpedostaffel, KG 26, MIA when He 111H-6 Werknummer 4473 coded "1H + AK" crashed into the sea near Svalbard, South of the Island Spitzbergen, North of Arctic Ocean during a German raid on convoy PQ18
Remaining crew all MIA:
- Olt Gerhard Fischbach, FF DKiG
- Uffz Alfred Weinrich, R/O
- Uffz Kurt Vorbach, Gunner
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Flugzeugbeobachterabzeichen
- 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:
- Beobachter
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1942
Published in the Ehrenliste der Deutschen Luftwaffe on 5th October 1942.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- 2. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 26
- Awarded on:
- October 29th, 1942
Sources
- - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- 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
- Ehrenpokal
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