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Peters, Erhard

Date of birth:
July 4th, 1914 (Hohenkamp)
Date of death:
February 20th, 1944 (Brandenburg)
Buried on:
Russian Mass Grave Soviet Soldiers Werder
Plot: E. Row: 3. Grave: 6/3.
Nationality:
German

Biography

W.B.K. Potsdam I
01.01.1943: Oberleutnant (Kr.O./Fl.) - RDA adjusted to 01.01.43
01.04.1943: promoted to Hauptmann (Kr.O.) - RDA 01.04.1943
01.06.1943-14.08.1943: Hauptman, appointed Kdr. I./ NJG 3
00.08.1943: Kdr., V./ NJG 5
09.10.1943: Stab III./ NJG 3
22.10.1943: Oblt., 9./ NJG 3
02.12.1943: Hptm., Stab/ NJG 3
04.01.1944-20.02.1944: Hauptmann, appointed Staka 9./ NJG 3
19/20.02.1944: Hauptmann, 9./ NJG 3 KIA when his Bf 110 G-4 coded 'D5+MT' was shot up possibly by a Wilde Sau night fighter and crashed due to engine and control failure in the vicinity of Brandenburg Briest
Buried at Werder/Havel
24.04.1944: Hauptmann, awarded the Ehrenpokal
Credited with at least 12 victories

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer, Staka, 9. Staffel, Nacht-Jagd-Geschwader 3
Awarded on:
April 24th, 1944
posthumously awarded
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg

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