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Krämer, Peter Bruno (Kampfgeschwader 100)

Date of birth:
June 20th, 1914
Nationality:
German

Biography

01.10.1934: entered the Wehrmacht
01.01.1939: promoted to Leutnant (W) - Kampfgeschwader 28
01.01.1940: promoted to Oberleutnant (W)
13.-14.06.1942: Oberleutnant, Zug 2./ I./ LG 1 WIA - during fire-fight with British commandos raiding base in North Africa.
01.07.1942: promoted to Hauptmann (W), Offizier Stab I./ LG 1
09.05.1943: Hauptmann(W) in 3. LT-Betriebs-Kompanie, transferred to Stab / Flak-Rgt. 4
28.07.-21.10.1943: Hauptmann, appointed Staka 1./ KG 100
20.09.1943: appointed to the Kampfbeobachterschule 1, reclassified from Hauptmann (W) to Hauptmann (A 1/Fl.)
20.03.1944: Hauptmann, awarded the Ehrenpokal, Kampfbeobachterschule 1
01.10.1944: Hauptmann, awarded DKiG, in an unspecified Kampfgeschwader
07.10.1944: Hauptmann and Staka 1./ KG 4 (1./KG 100?), WIA in an accident at Pápa
15.01.1945: Hauptmann, Kdr. I./ LG 1 awarded the Ritterkreuz (tbc)

Credited with 277 combat mission

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:
Staka 1./ Kampfgeschwader 100
Awarded on:
October 1st, 1944
other sources give 13.06.1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant der Reserve (1st Lieutenant of Reserves)
Unit:
Zugführer, 2./ I./ LG 1
Awarded on:
June 22nd, 1942
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant der Reserve (1st Lieutenant of Reserves)
Unit:
Zugführer, 2./ I./ LG 1
Awarded on:
May 22nd, 1942
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:
Kampfbeobachterschule 1
Awarded on:
March 20th, 1944
other sources give 24.04.1944
certificate gives 20.03.1944
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant der Reserve (1st Lieutenant of Reserves)
Unit:
Zugführer, 2./ I./ LG 1
Awarded on:
June 17th, 1942
WIA 13-14.06.1942
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant der Reserve (1st Lieutenant of Reserves)
Awarded on:
January 16th, 1941
Awarded by the Luftwaffe technical office in Berlin for the development of a new type of incendiary bomb.
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2.Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Awarded on:
July 25th, 1944
Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger in Gold mit Anhänger und einzatszahl
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:
I./ LG 1
Awarded on:
March 20th, 1943
Krimschild
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Awarded on:
April 6th, 1943
Ärmelband Afrika
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Awarded on:
1943
Medalia
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:
Gruppenkommandeur, I./ KG 4
Awarded on:
January 15th, 1945
other sources give 04.04.1945 (von Seemen)
Contested award that was apparently confirmed by Hauptquartier des Oberkommando der Luftwaffe the 20.01.1945
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 1938
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre

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