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Hensel, Gerhard (Kampfgruppe z.b.V. 9)

Date of birth:
June 26th, 1918 (Bautzen)
Date of death:
April 3rd, 1942 (near Cholm, Nawolok)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Korpowo
Grave: UNK.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

10.05.1940: Uffz., 3./ KG z.b.V. 9, Ju 52/3m crashed at the Valkenburg airfield, Holland
03.04.1942: Oberfeldwebel, 1./ KG.z.b.V. 9, MIA with Ju 52/3m Werknummer 6557 coded "4V + DN" after hit by AA fire near Kholm, Kalinin Oblast, Russia, while supplying German forces in the Kholm Pocket.
Remaining crew, all KIA:
-Ofw Fritz Elgass, Observer - buried as "Unknown" in the Ger War Cem at Sebesh, Russia
-Uffz Ernst Thüringer, Gunner

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:
1. Staffel, Kampfgruppe zur besonderen Verwendung 9, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
April 9th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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