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Huebner, Arnold (Flak-Regiment 33)

Date of birth:
July 14th, 1919 (Szubin/Bromberg,Posen)
Date of death:
February 1st, 1981 (Gelsenkirchen,North Rhine-Westphalia)
Service number:
SS-Nr.: // NSDAP-Nr.:
Nationality:
German

Biography

Promotions:
01.09.1939: Gefreiter
01.06.1942: Obergefreiter
26.03.1943: Unteroffizier
19.10.1943: SS-Sturmmann
01.03.1944: Wachtmeister
01.05.1945: Leutnant der Reserve

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 25th, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
July 5th, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 20th, 1941
Flakkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Gefreiten
Unit:
Richtkanonier, 3. Batterie, I. Abteilung, Flak-Regiment 33 (mot.)(trop), Deutsches Afrika-Korps, North Africa
Awarded on:
March 7th, 1942
On the 16.06.1941, during Operation Battleaxe, the 3./Flak-Regiment 33 (mot) was positioned on Hill 208 (between Capuzzo and Sidi Azeiz). On this day one of its gunners, Gefreiter Huebner, managed to destroy 8 enemy tanks in just a few minutes. Two days later, on the 18.11.1941, the Batterie fought near Bardia while subordinated to the 21. Panzer-Division. Here Huebner eliminated another 8 tanks.

In total Huebner was able to raise his total of destroyed enemy materiel to 24 tanks and an artillery battery. For this he was decorated with the Knight’s Cross as the first enlisted man of the Afrika-Korps to be so honoured.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 4th, 1942
Medaglia commemorativa della campagna italo-tedesca in Africa
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 15th, 1943
Ärmelband Afrika
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 27th, 1943
Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe ohne zahlen

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