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Bock, Gerhard Gustav Paul (Kampfgeschwader 27)

Date of birth:
January 26th, 1918 (Fürstenwalde)
Date of death:
April 19th, 1942 (Cherson Airfield, Ukraine)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Sevastopol-Gontscharnoje
Grave: UNK.
Nationality:
German

Biography

19.04.1942: Uffz, Bordfunker, 9./ KG-27, KIA when He 111H-6 Werknummer 4.937 flown by Lt Walter Horeis experienced engine failure and struck a truck during take-off from Kherson airfield, Ukraine
The entire crew were killed in the crash :
- Leutnant Walter Horeis (o23.03.1920, DKiG, EP), Pilot;
- Feldwebel Gerhard Fleischmann, Observer;
- Uffz Werner Ernst Gross, Gunner.
All are buried among the unknowns in the German War cemetery at Sevastopol-Gontscharnoje, Ukraine

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier
Unit:
Bordfunker
Awarded on:
April 2nd, 1942
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg

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