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Loah, Wolfgang 'Wolf' (Aufklärungsgruppe ObdL)

Date of birth:
July 3rd, 1915 (Hamburg - Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

00.09.1939: Wachtmeister
00.00.1939-00.04.1941: Leichte Flugabwehrgruppe Wangernooge
00.04.1941: transferred to the 1. / Aufklärungsgruppe ObdL - Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe
01.12.1941: promoted to Oberleutnant
30.11.1942: Oblt. and Beobachter, awarded the Ehrenpokal
00.00.1943: transferred to the 1. (F) / Aufklärungsgruppe 100 (renaming)
00.03.1944: Olt, shot down with Arado 240 coded 'T9 GL' over Eastern Prussia
15.08.1944: Oblt., pilot, in 1./ Versuchsverband Ob.d.L., severely WIA - Ju 88 T-1 crash-landed at Oranienburg due to motor failure - hospitalized
00.11.1944: Oblt., with Kommando Sommer
03.12.1944: Oblt., operations officer with Kommando Hecht
28.02.1945: Oblt., Führer of the remnants of Kdo. Hecht

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
July 6th, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 8th, 1941
Frontflugspange für Aufklärer in Bronze
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 29th, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 31st, 1941
Frontflugspange für Aufklärer in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 8th, 1942
Flugzeugbeobachterabzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 8th, 1942
Frontflugspange für Aufklärer in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
Beobachter
Awarded on:
November 30th, 1942
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Awarded on:
November 30th, 1942
Ehrenblattspange der Luftwaffe
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 30th, 1943
Segelflugzeugführerabzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 1943
Flugzeugführerabzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 18th, 1943
Gemeinsames Flugzeugfuhrer-Beobachter Abzeichen (ohne brillianten)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
1. Staffel, Versuchsverband Ob.d.L
Awarded on:
August 1944
WIA 15.08.1944
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz

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