Oswald, Franz (WL-Schlagtgeschwader)
- Date of birth:
- August 9th, 1915 (Jena/Thuringia, Germany)
- Date of death:
- January 13th, 2003 (Munich/Bavaria, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, German Reich)
Biography
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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- 8.(Panzer) / Schlachtgeschwader 2 (alt)
- Awarded on:
- June 4th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän 13(Pz.) / Schlagtgeschwader 9
- Awarded on:
- October 24th, 1944
Awarded after flying about 300 sorties, during which he managed to destroy 50 enemy tanks as an Hs 129 pilot.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän 13(Pz.) / Schlagtgeschwader 9
- Awarded on:
- January 15th, 1945
Details:
With sorties number "300"
With sorties number "300"
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Mark C. Yerger
- Photo: Mark C. Yerger archive
- - OBERMAIER, ERNST, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Verlag Dieter Hoffmann, Mainz, 1976.
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
- Verleihungsurkunde Frontflugspange gold mit anhänger "300"
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