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Hoffmann, Reinhold
Hoffmann, Reinhold
Date of birth:
August 9th, 1921 (Petersdorf/Silesia, Germany)
Date of death:
May 24th, 1944 (Friesack/Brandenburg, Germany)
Nationality:
German
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Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 23rd, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel (Sergeant)
Unit:
II. Gruppe
,
Jagdgeschwader 54 "Grünherz"
,
Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
November 14th, 1943
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer
,
6. Staffel
,
II. Gruppe
,
Jagdgeschwader 54 "Grünherz"
,
Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
January 28th, 1945
Awarded for achieving a total of 66 aerial victories (60 in Russia and 6 four-engined bombers).
Awarded posthumously.
Sources
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FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003
.
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OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989
.
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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
- Kurowski F., Oberleutnant Otto Kittel, Der erfolgreichste Jagdflieger des Jagdgeschwaders 54, Flechsig Verlag, Würzburg, 2007
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das-ritterkreuz.de
-
ww2.dk
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