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Peukert, Eberhard

Date of birth:
March 11th, 1915 (Wagenitz, Westhavelland)
Date of death:
November 6th, 1943 (ivo Cap Bougaroûn, Skikda, Algeria)
Nationality:
German

Biography

05.04.1935: entered the Kriegsmarine
01.11.1937-14.08.1938: Leutnant, with FFS S (See) Stettin
01.01.1938: promoted to Leutnant
25.08.1938-30.09.1938: Fl.W.Sch.(See) Parow
20.01.1939: 1./ Kü.Fl.Gr. 406
01.08.1939: promoted to Oberleutnant in 1./ Kü.Fl.Gr. 406
00.01.1940: Oblt., Techn.Offz. 1./ Kü.Fl.Gr. 506
10.05.1940: Oblt., acting Staka 1./ Kü.Fl.Gr. 506
11.07.1940-08.10.1941: Staka 2./ Fl.Erg.Gr. (See)
08.10.1941: Staka 1./ Kü.Fl.Gr. 906
01.02.1942: promoted to Hauptmann (Tr.O.)
25.04.1942: Hptm., 1./ Kü.Fl.Gr. 906 WIA - shot down in North Sea, 300 km E of Hinnerd Hael - his He 115 C coded '8L+BH' crashed at sea off UK coast while
evading fighters
00.06.1942-09.09.1943: Hptm., Staka 1./ Kü.Fl.Gr. 906
17.08.1942: Hptm., awarded Ehrenpokal
10.09.1943-06.11.1943: Hptm., Staka 8./ KG 26
06.11.1943: Hptm., Staka 8./ KG 26, MIA/KIA - when his Ju 88 A-4 coded '1H+AS' collided with another Ju 88 [Version #2: shot down by AA] ivo Cap
Bougaron while attacking convoy KMF 25A between Sardinia and Algeria with his crew :
- Uffz. Otto Pressmann,
- Ofw. Gerhard Opitz
- Fw. Max Pomin
01.08.1944: still officially listed as MIA

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:
Staffelkapitän, 1. Staffel, Kü.Fl.Gr. 906
Awarded on:
August 17th, 1942
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg

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