Beckmann, Theodor

Date of birth:: September 24th, 1897 (Everswinkel/Westphalia, Germany)
Date of death:: February 10th, 1962 (Münster/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Nationality:: German

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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:: Kampfgruppe zur besonderen Verwendung Posen, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:: May 1st, 1942

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberst (Group Captain)
Unit:: Kommandeur, IV. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader zur besonderen Verwendung 1, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:: December 23rd, 1942

Awarded for his leadership of the IV./Kampfgeschwader z.B.V. 1 during its efforts to provide aerial resupply to Rommel’s forces. By this time the Gruppe had been involved in supplying the German-Italian forces in North Africa for about half a year, providing invaluable support to the Axis forces in this theatre during the process.

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- FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- MÖBIUS, INGO & HUß, JÜRGEN, Stille Adler, Eigenverlag Ingo Möbius, Chemnitz, 2019.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.

Beckmann, Theodor

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