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Dürbeck, Wilhelm

Date of birth:
January 25th, 1912 (Nurnberg/Mittelfranken, Germany)
Date of death:
January 19th, 1941 (missing over Malte)
Nationality:
German

Biography

Wilhelm Dürbeck was formally declared dead on 31st December 1941.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:
Staffelkapitän, 8. Staffel, III. Gruppe, Lehrgeschwader 1, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
December 3rd, 1940
Awarded for his success in air raids against Great Britain. From the late summer of 1940 he flew a number of difficult lone bombing attacks. One of the most successful such missions was on the 21.10.1940, when he and his crew destroyed a large workshop of an aircraft engine factory in Leyland (near Liverpool).
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