Hoefeld, Robert (Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 5)
- Date of birth:
- November 3rd, 1917 (Bochum)
- Date of death:
- October 9th, 1971 (Gran Canaria, Canary Islands)
- Service number:
- O-62817-286
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Hauptmann Robert Wilhelm Hoefeld / Höfeld commanded 16./ L.L. of the Sturm Regiment at Crete,later awarded the RK while serving with 4./Jäg.Rgt "HG" (ex Fsch.Jäg.Rgt 5) in Tunisia in 1943, was declared MIA in May 1943 and reappeared as a POW in June 1943.
Promotions:
01.09.1938: Leutnant
Oberleutnant
Hauptmann - RDA 01.04.1943 (62)
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Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- Infanterie-Regiment 36
- Awarded on:
- October 26th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Stab, Infanterie-Regiment 168
- Awarded on:
- March 15th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Chef, 16. Kompanie, Sturm-Regiment
- Awarded on:
- October 9th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Chef, 3. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Luftlande-Sturm-Regiment 1, 7. Flieger-Division, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- April 9th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 5
- Awarded on:
- September 1st, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Führer, 4. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 5, Division "General Göring", Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- May 18th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
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- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- 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
- Ritterkreuz Archiv II/2009, Veit Scherzer, Ranis, Juni 2009, ISSN 1866-4709
- das-ritterkreuz.de
- ww2.dk
- ww2.dk/ground
- Ritterkreuznachlass Hpt. Robert Hoefeld 3./Luftlande-Sturm-Regiment 1
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