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Budden, Walter

    Date of birth:
    September 25th, 1912 (Nuremberg/Bavaria, Germany)
    Date of death:
    August 18th, 1941 (Norodepil/Faroe Islands, Danmark)
    Buried on:
    German War Cemetery Grove
    Plot: 2. Row: 2. Grave: 75.
    Nationality:
    German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

    Biography

    Walter Budden was killed on August 18th, 1941as Flugzeugführer with the rank of Oberleutnant in the crash of Junkers Ju 88A-5/F, "A6+HH", Nr. 746 on the Faroe Islands. The aircraft of 1. (F) / Aufklärungsgruppe 120 with its homebase at Stavanger-Sola, flew with the crew Flugzeugführer Oberleutnant Walter Budden, Beobachter Leutnant Bodo Möller, Bordfunker Rudolf Schlichting and Bordschütze Feldwebel Adolf Kühne and collided in heavy fog on the slopes of mountain Lokki near Norodepil.

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
    Unit:
    1.(F) Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe 120, Luftwaffe
    Awarded on:
    April 6th, 1941
    Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
    Unit:
    1.(F) Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe 120, Luftwaffe
    Awarded on:
    June 1st, 1941
    Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

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