Hahn, Joachim

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Date of birth:: March 17th, 1903 (Hirschberg/Silesia, Germany)
Date of death:: June 3rd, 1942 (over the English Channel near Le Treport, France)
Nationality:: German

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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Major (Squadron Leader)
Unit:: Kommandeur, Kampfgruppe 606, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:: October 21st, 1940

Awarded for the successes of his unit against British shipping, ports and airfields. In particular, he was named in a Wehrmacht communique on the 02.10.1941 for a low level attack conducted by his unit against the Pembroke Carew airfield in which hits on several hangars were confirmed.

Sources

- FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.
- das-ritterkreuz.de
- ww2.dk

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