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Doldi, Adolf (Fliegerstaffel des Führers)

Date of birth:
May 14th, 1891 (Gumpenweiler)
Date of death:
August 21st, 1944 (over Petrikau, Litzmannstadt)
Buried on:
German & Russian War Graves Lodz
Grave: UNK.
Service number:
SS-Nr.: 276.881 // NSDAP-Nr.: 1.722.844
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

13.09.1936: promoted to SS-Sturmbannführer
09.11.1940: promoted to SS-Obersturmbannführer
Pilot member of the RSD - Reichssicherheitsdienst
21.08.1944: Polizei-Oberst, pilot, KIA when his aircraft was shot down while flying several SS-Führer back to Budapest after a meeting with Hitler over Petrikau, 40km South of Litzmannstadt
Remaining crew, all KIA:
-SS-Hauptsturmführer and Polizei-Kommissar Paul Mortsiepen (o22.06.1897)
-SS-Hauptsturmführer Otto Rothe
-Unteroffizier Lehmann, MG Schütze
-SS-Obersturmbannführer Hans Diergarten (o05.04.1913)
-SS-Obersturmführer Hans Pfeuffer (28.01.1912) - listed as Hans Pfeufer in the VDK

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
February 24th, 1916
with swords
Militärverdienstkreuz III. Klasse des Militärverdienstordens
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
March 21st, 1916
Königlich Preußische Militär-Flugzeugführer-Abzeichen
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
March 22nd, 1916
Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
October 25th, 1916
Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse (1914)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
March 31st, 1918
with swords
Militärverdienstkreuz II. Klasse des Militärverdienstordens
Bronzes SA-Sportabzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberstleutnant (Wing Commander)
Unit:
Fliegerstaffel des Führers
Awarded on:
June 11th, 1942
Vapaudenristin 2.luokka (VR 2)

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