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Debus, Otto (Nahaufklärungsgruppe 12)

Date of birth:
August 21st, 1914 (Schlierbach/Hesse, Germany)
Date of death:
October 14th, 2000 (Bad Endbach/Hesse, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

01.11.1939: RDA as Leutnant
00.04.1944: Oberleutnant, 1.(H)/ Aufklärungsgruppe 12
01.12.1944-11.01.1945: Hauptmann, Staka, 11. Staffel, III. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 110
12.01.1945-28.04.1945: Hauptmann, Staka, 4. Staffel, I. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 110

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:
Beobachter
Awarded on:
November 9th, 1942
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:
Beobachter, Flugzeugkommandant, 1. (H) Staffel, Nahaufklärungsgruppe 12
Awarded on:
February 1943
WIA 12.02.1943
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:
x. Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe x, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
May 29th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
Beobachter, 1. Staffel, Nahaufklärungsgruppe 12, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
April 5th, 1944
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1944
Flugzeugführerabzeichen

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