Schellack, Horst
- Date of birth:
- June 25th, 1923 (Hamburg, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Promotions:
1st April 1943: Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier
1st August 1943: Fähnrich
1st November 1943: Oberfähnrich
1st July 1944: Leutnant
Horst Schellack has as Nahaufklärer five confirmed air victories with the Messerschmitt Bf 109:
Nr. Datum Einheit Abschuss
01. 29.03.1944 1./NAGr. 5 U-2
02. 29.04.1944 1./NAGr. 5 U-2
03. 27.05.1944 1./NAGr. 5 Fesselballon
04. 27.05.1944 1./NAGr. 5 Fesselballon
05. 08.07.1944 1./NAGr. 5 U-2
On 17th November 1944 Host Schellack did not return from an operational sortie and ended presumably as Soviet Prisoner of War.
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Flugzeugführerabzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 15th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfähnrich
- Unit:
- 1. / Nahaufklärungsgruppe 5
- Awarded on:
- April 5th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfähnrich
- Unit:
- 1. / Nahaufklärungsgruppe 5
- Awarded on:
- May 11th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfähnrich
- Unit:
- 1. / Nahaufklärungsgruppe 5
- Awarded on:
- June 12th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfähnrich
- Unit:
- 1. / Nahaufklärungsgruppe 5
- Awarded on:
- June 22nd, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfähnrich
- Unit:
- 1. / Nahaufklärungsgruppe 5
- Awarded on:
- July 24th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
- Awarded on:
- September 28th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
- Awarded on:
- December 5th, 1944
Sources
- Photo 1: H.-P. Rackete
- Photo: Soldbuch
- - Award certificates EK2, EK1, Frontflug Bronze,Silber, Flugzeugführer/Beobachter, Ehrenpokal and DKiG, Documents and Soldbuch via H.-P. Rackete
- Ciel de Gloire
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