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Blücher-Finken, Graf von, Wolfgang (FJR 1)

Date of birth:
January 31st, 1917 (Altengottern/Thuringia, Germany)
Date of death:
May 21st, 1941 (near Iraklion, Crete)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Maleme
Plot: 1. Grave: 457.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Oberleutnant der Reserve Wolfgang Henner Peter Lebrecht Graf von Blücher
Promotions:
12.10.1935: Gefreiter der Reserve and ROA
30.09.1936: Unteroffizier der Reserve
29.10.1936: Wachtmeister der Reserve
20.04.1938: Leutnant der Reserve - RDA 01.04.1936 (369)
31.07.1940: Oberleutnant der Reserve - RDA 01.08.1940 (170)
00.00.1940: NSFK-Obersturmführer

Career:
01.01.1934-12.10.1935: Kavallerie-Regiment 14
12.10.1937: Kavallerie-Regiment 3
16.02.1939: Panzer-Abwehr-Abteilung 12, applied to serve in the Luftwaffe, Jagdgeschwader 132 „Schlageter"
00.09.1939: Panzer-Abwehr-Abteilung 12
16.12.1939: applied again for the Luftwaffe
16.01.1940: 3. Kompanie, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1, Stendal
01.02.1940: transferred from the Heer to the Luftwaffe
00.02.1940: Zugführer, 2. Kompanie, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1, Stendal
00.04.1940: Operation 'Weserübung' - campaign in Oslo and Narvik
10.05.1940: 3. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, dropped over Tweede Tool to seize the Dordrecht bridges
01.04.1941: Zugführer, 2. Kompanie, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1
20.05.1941: fightings in Crete
21.05.1941: KIA East of the airsrip in Heraklion - two of his brothers (Oberjäger
Leberecht Graf von Blücher and Jäger Hans-Joachim 'Jochen' Graf von Blücher) died the same day in Heraklion, Crete

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 18th, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 24th, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)
Unit:
Zugführer, 2. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1, 7. Flieger-Division, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
May 24th, 1940
Awarded for:
Operation Fall Gelb
The following press report, dated 26.05.1940, describes why Blücher was awarded the Knight’s Cross…

“Leutnant der Reserve Graf von Blücher captured a strongly garrisoned enemy nest of bunkers in a display of outstanding devotion to duty and unstoppable forward drive.”
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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