Wegener, Paul

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Date of birth:: September 7th, 1920 (Berlin-Lichtenberg, Germany)
Date of death:: July 5th, 1997 (Berlin, Germany)
Nationality:: German

Biography

Credited with 40+ armour kills.

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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Wachtmeister
Unit:: 1. Batterie, Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 237, Heer
Awarded on:: October 18th, 1943

Awarded for the destruction of over 40 Soviet AFVs in the course of his career.

Sources

- SCHERZER, V., Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945, Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag, Jena, 2005.
- SCHERZER, VEIT & FARWICK, WERNER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Sturmartillerie 1939-1945, Verlag Veit Scherzer, 2012.
- Vorschlag RK

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