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Merkelbach, Norbert Karl (SG 3)

Date of birth:
November 10th, 1920 (Frankfurt/Main, Germany)
Date of death:
April 22nd, 1944 (Jakobstadt Airfield, Jekabpils, Latvia)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Riga Beberbeki
Plot: 7. Row: 17. Grave: 265.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

W.B.K. Frankfurt/Main I
01.12.1942: Feldwebel, promoted to Leutnant (Fl.)
22.04.1944: Leutnant, 4./ Schlacht-Geschwader 3 KIA when his Ju 87 D coded 'S7+CC' crashed in the vicinity of Jakobstadt airfield in Latvia
19.06.1944: Leutnant and pilot awarded the Ehrenpokal
Buried in Riga Beberbekki

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer, 4. Staffel, Schlacht-Geschwader 3
Awarded on:
June 19th, 1944
posthumously
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg

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