Hampe, Herbert
- Date of birth:
- October 10th, 1913 (Delitzsch/Saxony, Germany)
- Date of death:
- September 13th, 1999 (Dortmund/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Flew a total of 428 sorties in WWII (counted as 468 front flights) and 65 front flights during the Spanish Civil War.
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Cruz de Guerra Cross
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 8th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 8th, 1939
Spanienkreuz, Gold mit Schwertern
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 8th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 21st, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- April 25th, 1940
Flyers Wing in Silver
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- April 25th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 1st, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- 7. Staffel, III. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 3 "Blitz", Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- July 27th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, II. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 3 "Blitz", Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- April 5th, 1944
Sources
- Photo 1: Known to STIWOT
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.
- Internationales Militaria Magazine Nr 125, januar 2007, VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken
- das-ritterkreuz.de
- ww2.dk
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