Grossendorfer, Hans (KG 53 "Legion Condor")
- Date of birth:
- August 11th, 1914 (Salzburg/Salzburg, Austria)
- Date of death:
- November 20th, 1943 (2 km S of Eurasburg, E of Augsburg/Swabia, Germany)
- Buried on:
- Austrian/German War Graves Salzburg
Row: 35. Grave: 22.
- Nationality:
- Austrian
Biography
Also found as Großendorfer, Hans
20.11.1943: Oberleutnant, Beobachter, KIA when He 111H-16 Werknummer 161.885 coded "A1 + DR" crashed on a transfer flight from Orléans to Gablingen in bad weather and crashed 2 km South of Eurasburg, East of Augsburg - remaining crew (all KIA):
-Ofw. Bürmester, Paul, Flugzeugführer
-Ofw. Lindemann, Helmut, Bordfunker
-Uffz. Knobloch, Walter, Bordschütze
00.00.1944: posthumously promoted to Hauptmann - RDA 01.11.1943
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Sources
- Photo: Postwar Photograph of Grave Hans Grossendorfer (Ritterkreuz) - Wolfgang Historica
- - 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.
- Luftwaffe Officer Career
- Hans Grohsendorfer | Gräbersuche-Online
- Accident Heinkel He 111 H-16 161885, 20 Nov 1943