Date of birth:

November 6th, 1919 (Morbach, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Germany)

Date of death:

January 11th, 1943 (Djebel Rihabne, Tunisia)

Buried on:

German War Cemetery Bordj-Cedria
Plot: Hof MOR Os. Row: 4A. Grave: 4.

Nationality:

German

03.10.1938: joined the Luftwaffe
00.09.1939: with 1./ Fsch.Jg.Rgt. 1
00.11.1939: transferred to Fsch.Jäg.Sturm-Abt. "Koch"
00.05.1940: with Gruppe 'Stahl', Sturm-Abt. 'Koch'
12.05.1940: promoted to Oberjäger
20.05.1941: acting Zugführer at Malemes, Crete
21.08.1941: Gruppenführer, 3./ Fsch.Jäg.Sturm-Rgt., promoted to Feldwebel and awarded the Ritterkreuz
00.01.1942: acting Führer, 3./ Fsch.Jg.Rgt. 1
00.04.1942 or 01.07.1942: promoted to Leutnant
05.10.1942: Führer, 1./ Fsch.Jg.Rgt. 5
21.11.1942: Kdr., I./ Fsch.Jg.Rgt. 5
11.01.1943: KIA in the area of Djebel Rihabne, Tunisia
08.04.1943: posthumously promoted to Oberleutnant
13.01.1943: buried at La Mornaghia, Tunisia

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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:

Feldwebel (Sergeant)

Unit:

Gruppenführer, 3. Kompanie, Fallschirmjäger Sturm-Regiment

Awarded on:

August 21st, 1941

Awarded for his actions during the battle of Crete. His Zugführer, Feldwebel Arpke, was badly wounded when their glider landed and so Schuster took over the II. Zug of his Kompanie. He and his Zug then proceeded to eliminate an anti-aircraft battery and capture the western end of the Maleme airfield.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• Photo 1: Igor Poul
• - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1986.
  

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