Peitsmeyer, Wolfdietrich (Lehrgeschwader 2)
- Date of birth:
- April 16th, 1914 (Stargard in Pommern)
- Date of death:
- December 10th, 1942 (Mediterranean Sea)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
December 10th, 1942: reported MIA when he was a passenger in Bv 222 Flying Boat coded "X7+HH", from Tarent to Tripoli to assume command of his Group, shot down by British Beaufighters
Credited with mored than 100 missions
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Flugzeugführerabzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän, 6.(S) Staffel, Lehrgeschwader 2, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- July 21st, 1940
“Oberleutnant Peitsmeyer distinguished himself as a Staffelkapitän in a Schlachtgruppe on account of his outstanding bravery and superior leadership. His exceptionally bold devotion to duty led his Staffel to accomplish battle-deciding feats. Our ground troops found it much easier to push back the enemy due to the intervention of the ground-attack flyers. This result is particularly creditable to the bravery of this Staffelkapitän, as he was always the first one to brave the coordinated defensive fire of the enemy.”
By this time he had flown more than 100 ground attack sorties.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Wilco Vermeer collection
- - OBERMAIER, ERNST, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Verlag Dieter Hoffmann, Mainz, 1976.
- Kracker Luftwaffe Archive
- Die Tapfersten
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