Hachfeld, Wilhelm Helmut Axel
- Date of birth:
- September 20th, 1914 (Dessau/Anhalt, Germany)
- Date of death:
- December 2nd, 1942 (Bizerte, Tunis)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Flew a total of 650 sorties (including 230 fighter-bomber sorties). In this time he achieved 11 aerial victories and destroyed 32 targets on the ground.
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 25th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- I. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders", Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- November 5th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, III. Gruppe, Zerstörergeschwader 2, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- October 29th, 1942
Sources
- Photo 1: Igor Poul
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Deutsches Geschlechterbuch, Bd. 113 (1941)
- das-ritterkreuz.de
- ww2.dk
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