Flechner, Willi

Date of birth:: April 29th, 1908 (Neuwitz, Germany)
Date of death:: August 28th, 1942 (over Archangelsk/Russian SFSR, USSR)
Nationality:: German

Biography

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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger in Bronze

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: May 9th, 1941

Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger in Silber

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: July 26th, 1941

Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: September 20th, 1941

Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:: Flugzeugführer
Awarded on:: November 10th, 1941

Wehrmachtbericht

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: June 6th, 1942

Ehrenblattspange der Luftwaffe

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: June 9th, 1942

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:: Staffelkapitän, 5. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 30 "Adler", Luftwaffe
Awarded on:: August 13th, 1942

Awarded after flying about 125 bomber sorties. By this time he had seriously damaged 5 ships (with 19000 GRT) and destroyed a large number of Soviet aircraft on the ground over the course of 25 raids against airfields in the Murmansk area.

Sources

- FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008.
- URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.
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