Date of birth:

December 14th, 1911 (Flensburg/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

Date of death:

December 20th, 1964 (Flensburg/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Albert Bock reached the rank of Major. After the Second World War he served with the Bundeswehr, reaching the rank of Major.

00.00.1930: entered the Heer, assigned to Infanterie-Regiment 6
00.00.1936: transferred to the Luftwaffe
01.09.1938: promoted to Stabsfeldwebel
04.09.1941: Stabsfeldwebel, awarded the Ritterkreuz, Stab, St.G. 2
07.11.1942: transferred from Stabsstaffel, St.G. 2 to Erg.Nahaufkl.Gr. Bromberg. 01.05.1943: 1. Staffel, Erg.FAGr., promoted to Hauptmann - RDA 01.11.1941
00.04.1944: Staka, 4.(F)/ Aufkl.Gr. 11
05.05.1944: Hptm., Staka, 4.(F)/ Aufkl.Gr. 11, WIA - Ju 188 F-1 coded '6M+FM' damaged by fighter - no further details
20.08.1944: Hptm., Staka, 4.(F)/ Aufkl.Gr. 11, Soviet POW - Ju 188 D-2 coded '6M+DM' force-landed near Baranowicze due to engine fire and reported KIA, but actually captured with RKT Hauptmann Hermann Jochems, Flugzeugführer
01.12.1944: "posthumously" promoted to Major
00.00.1950: released from Russian captivity
00.00.1956: joined the Bundeswehr, and later retired with the rank of Major (Bw). Credited with 350 missions as an observer

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• Photo 1: Igor Poul
• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - OBERMAIER, ERNST, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Verlag Dieter Hoffmann, Mainz, 1976.
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