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Emig, Hans

Date of birth:
December 7th, 1902 (Wonsowo/Posen, Germany)
Date of death:
June 28th, 1942 (Stalinkanal-Leningrad, Soviet Union)
Nationality:
German

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberstleutnant (Wing Commander)
Unit:
Kommandeur, Kampfgruppe 806, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
August 21st, 1941
Awarded for his successes on the Eastern front. On the first day of Operation Barbarossa Emig sunk a 2300 GRT steamer in a dive-bombing attack. A few days later he seriously damaged a Soviet cruiser in a bombing attack. On the 28.06.1941 Emig and his crew managed to destroy the lock gate of the Stalin Canal at Lake Onega from an extremely low level, but were in turn brought down by the blast and killed.

Awarded posthumously.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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