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Schwarz, Günter Leopold Franz (Jagdgeschwader 51)

Date of birth:
January 15th, 1922 (Wagstadt, Moravia/Sudetenland)
Date of death:
October 20th, 1943 (Lojev, Belarus)
Nationality:
German

Biography

24.10.1943: Fw., 2./ JG 51, KIA - Fw 190 A-6 Werknummer 550.497 coded 'Black 10' shot down by fighters - South East of Lojev, Belarus, 60 km NNW of Tshernigov, Ukraine
28.01.1944: Fw., awarded the DKiG
Credited with 41 victories
Buried at Lojev

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel (Sergeant)
Unit:
I. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 51
Awarded on:
January 28th, 1944
posthumous
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel (Sergeant)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer
Awarded on:
January 17th, 1944
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg

Sources

  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht

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