Krems, Gerhard (Kampf-Geschwader 27 "Boelcke")
- Date of birth:
- May 4th, 1920 (Dresden, Germany)
- Date of death:
- February 12th, 2017 (Berlin, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
15.03.1939: Flugzeugführer-Ausbildung, Luftkriegsschule Berlin-Gatow
01.11.1939: Flugzeugführerschule FFS E (C), AltLönnewitz
16.04.1940: training, Do 17, Aufklärungsfliegerschule 1, Grossenhain
15.05.1940: Blindflugschule 5
01.06.1940: promoted to Leutnant, Ergänzungsstaffel
15.08.1940: Leutnant, Stabsstaffel, Kampfgeschwader 27
23.04.1941: transferred to the East for Barbarossa
22.06.1941: Leutnant, Stabsstaffel/ KG 27, WIA - He 111 H-2 coded '1G+PA' force-landed near Liteni-Tuderesti, 20 km South West of Botosani, Romania - due to damage from ground fire
01.02.1942: promoted to Oberleutnant, 2. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 27
21.05.1944: Ia, Stab, Generalkommando, I. Fliegerkorps
00.00.1944: Adjutant, Stab, Generalkommando, I. Fliegerkorps
00.05.1945: Lazarett in Teplitz-Schönau
08.05.1945: Soviet POW
20.10.1945: released
00.00.1980: retired
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Flugzeugführerabzeichen
- Awarded on:
- 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Awarded on:
- October 21st, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Awarded on:
- November 18th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Awarded on:
- April 22nd, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- Stabsstaffel, KG 27
- Awarded on:
- June 30th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Awarded on:
- July 25th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Awarded on:
- October 10th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, Stab, KG 27
- Awarded on:
- November 3rd, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, 2. Staffel, Kampf-Geschwader 27 "Boelcke"
- Awarded on:
- May 25th, 1942
- 179 vehicles
- 5 locomotives
- 50 freight cars
- 48 aircraft on the ground
- 2 heavy Flak batteries
- 9 artillery positions
- A fuel train made up of 50 railcars
- A 500-ton tugboat
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- November 25th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Awarded on:
- December 20th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- March 25th, 1943
Sources
- Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
- - SCHINDLER, MICHAEL G., Ritterkreuzträger aus Sachsen 1939-1945, libergraphix, 2013.
- Die träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eiserne Kreuz 1939 - 1945
- Ritterkreuztraeger 1939 - 1945
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