Skorczewski, Wolfgang

Date of birth:: July 3rd, 1913 (Berlin-Schöneberg/Brandenburg, Germany)
Date of death:: November 30th, 2005 (Auckland, New Zealand)
Nationality:: German

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Wolfgang Skorczewski reached the rank of Major.

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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:: Staffelkapitän, I. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelke", Luftwaffe
Awarded on:: September 17th, 1941

Awarded after a total of 151 sorties, and for the achievements of both himself and his Staffel. During attacks against British shipping in the Channel his Staffel claimed a total of 92000 GRT sunk and 74000 GRT damaged. Of these, Skorczewski and his crew sunk eight ships. On the day he was awarded the Knight's Cross he also sunk a Soviet destroyer in the mouth of the Bug River.

Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:: Staffelkapitän
Awarded on:: September 21st, 1941

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.

Skorczewski, Wolfgang

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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg

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