Dietrich, Gerhard (Kampfgeschwader 55)
- Date of birth:
- April 30th, 1917 (Beichau-Glogau/Silesia, Germany)
- Date of death:
- August 10th, 1982 (Woltorf/Lower Saxony, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Promotions:
1st July 1941 Unteroffizier
1st April 1943 Feldwebel
1st December 1944 Oberfeldwebel
1st February 1945 Fahnenjunker Oberfeldwebel
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Deutsches Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier
- Unit:
- Kampfgruppe z.b.V. 211
- Awarded on:
- March 30th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier
- Unit:
- 4. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 55
- Awarded on:
- June 3rd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier
- Unit:
- 4. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 55
- Awarded on:
- 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier
- Unit:
- 4. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 55
- Awarded on:
- July 2nd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier
- Unit:
- 4. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 55
- Awarded on:
- November 4th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier
- Unit:
- 4. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 55
- Awarded on:
- December 10th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, II. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 55
- Awarded on:
- December 14th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier
- Unit:
- 4. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 55
- Awarded on:
- March 15th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier
- Unit:
- II. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 55, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- March 20th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel (Sergeant)
- Unit:
- 4. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 55
- Awarded on:
- May 10th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel (Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, Stab, Kampfgeschwader 55, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- June 9th, 1944
Sources
- Photo 1: Ian Jewison
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Scherzer V., German Cross in Gold Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces
- Detlev Niemann
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