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Bock, Albert (Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann")

Date of birth:
December 14th, 1911 (Flensburg/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Date of death:
December 20th, 1964 (Flensburg/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Nationality:
German

Biography

Albert Bock reached the rank of Major. After the Second World War he served with the Bundeswehr, reaching the rank of Major.

00.00.1930: entered the Heer, assigned to Infanterie-Regiment 6
00.00.1936: transferred to the Luftwaffe
01.09.1938: promoted to Stabsfeldwebel
04.09.1941: Stabsfeldwebel, awarded the Ritterkreuz, Stab, St.G. 2
07.11.1942: transferred from Stabsstaffel, St.G. 2 to Erg.Nahaufkl.Gr. Bromberg. 01.05.1943: 1. Staffel, Erg.FAGr., promoted to Hauptmann - RDA 01.11.1941
00.04.1944: Staka, 4.(F)/ Aufkl.Gr. 11
05.05.1944: Hptm., Staka, 4.(F)/ Aufkl.Gr. 11, WIA - Ju 188 F-1 coded '6M+FM' damaged by fighter - no further details
20.08.1944: Hptm., Staka, 4.(F)/ Aufkl.Gr. 11, Soviet POW - Ju 188 D-2 coded '6M+DM' force-landed near Baranowicze due to engine fire and reported KIA, but actually captured with RKT Hauptmann Hermann Jochems, Flugzeugführer
01.12.1944: "posthumously" promoted to Major
00.00.1950: released from Russian captivity
00.00.1956: joined the Bundeswehr, and later retired with the rank of Major (Bw). Credited with 350 missions as an observer

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Stabsfeldwebel
Unit:
Beobachter, Stab, Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann", Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
September 4th, 1941
Awarded after flying over 200 reconnaissance sorties.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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