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Bordellé, Walter
Bordellé, Walter
Date of birth:
July 9th, 1918 (Metz/Lorraine, Germany)
Date of death:
January 22nd, 1984 (Nurnberg/Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:
German
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Flugzeugführerabzeichen
Awarded on:
May 17th, 1938
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 20th, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 23rd, 1940
Narvikschild
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
January 30th, 1941
Frontflugspange für Transportflieger in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 8th, 1942
Medaille "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42" (Ostmedaille)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 15th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
4. Staffel
,
Kampfgruppe zur besonderen Verwendung 800
,
Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
March 16th, 1943
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
July 19th, 1943
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer
,
5. Staffel
,
II. Gruppe
,
Transportgeschwader 2
,
Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
March 26th, 1944
Awarded following his reaching a total of 400 front flights as a transport pilot, most of these being single missions flown under very difficult circumstances.
Sources
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FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003
.
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MÖBIUS, INGO & HUß, JÜRGEN, Stille Adler, Eigenverlag Ingo Möbius, Chemnitz, 2019
.
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PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001
.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
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das-ritterkreuz.de
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