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Lüchtrath, Bernhard, 'Bernd' (NahAufklär.-Gr.1)

Date of birth:
August 14th, 1917
Nationality:
German

Biography

Oberleutnant Bernhard Lüchtrath served mainly in the Nahaufklärungsgruppe 1.
06.1941: pilot in 7.(H)/ Lehr-Geschwader 2
15.09.1942: hospitalized in Dnepropetrovsk
01.04.42 : promoted to Oberleutnant
14.03.43 : transferred from Nah-Aufklärungs-Gruppe 12 to Luft-Kriegs-Schule 4
01.04.43 : Oblt. in 3.(H)/ Aufklärungs-Gruppe 31 and Nah-Aufklärungs-Gruppe 12

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer - Nahaufklärungsgruppe 1
Awarded on:
April 30th, 1943
Horst Scheibert gives 30.4.1943
doc signed by H.Göring gives 01.4.1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer - Nahaufklärungsgruppe 1
Awarded on:
June 15th, 1942
Horst Scheibert gives 15.06.1942
The Ehrenpokal is engraved "LEUTNANT BERND LÜCHTHRATH on 11.6.42"
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer - Nahaufklärungsgruppe 1
Awarded on:
August 6th, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

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