Willing, Gerhard (Panzer-Regiment 33)
- Date of birth:
- November 28th, 1910 (Bautzen/Saxony, Germany)
- Date of death:
- October 29th, 1943 (Setenyj Lug, Nowyj Krivoy Rog/Ukrainian SSR, USSR)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Promotions:
July 1st, 1931: Fahnenjunker
August 1st,1932: Fähnrich
June 1st 1933: Oberfähnrich
August 1st, 1933: Leutnant
Ocotber 1st, 1935: Oberleutnant (RDA -1.10.1935)
October 1st, 1938: Hauptmann (RDA -113-);
March 1st, 1942: Major (RDA -115-);
October 1st, 1943: Oberstleutnant (posthumously).
Career:
1.-30.4.1930: 13./ Infanterie-Regiment 12
1.5.1930-30.9.1932: 16./ Infanterie-Regiment 10
24.09.1936-14.09.1937: Chef - 2. Pz.Kie / Gruppe „Drohne" - der Panzertruppe der Legion Condor (Gruppe „Imker")
15.09.1937-31.1.1938: Aufklärungs-Abteilung 4 (A.A.4) Sondershausen
1.2.1938-19.06.1940: Schießlehrgänge/Panzertruppenschule Wünsdorf
?: Chef 1. Panzerschiesslehrgang-Kompanie, Panzertruppenschule;
20.06.1940: Adjutant - 5. Panzer-Brigade
10.09.1940: Führer Panzer-Beutestab 2
15.10.1940: Panzer-Regiment 35
06.1941: Kompaniechef im Panzer-Regiment 3
21.11.1941-12.01.1942: Führer - II. Abteilung/ Panzer-Regiment 3
26.01.1942: Kommandeur - I. Abteilung/ Panzer-Regiment 3
03.1942: Kommandeur III. / Panzer-Regiment 33
08.05.1943: Kommandeur Panzer-Abteilung 506.
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Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Period:
- Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Chef, 2. Panzer-Kompanie, Gruppe Drohne, Legion Condor
Medalla de la Campaña de España 1936-1939
- Period:
- Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Chef, 2. Panzer-Kompanie, Gruppe Drohne, Legion Condor
- Period:
- Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Chef, 2. Panzer-Kompanie, Gruppe Drohne, Legion Condor
- Period:
- Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Chef, 2. Panzer-Kompanie, Gruppe 'Drohne', Legion Condor
- Awarded on:
- June 6th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Unit:
- Kompaniechef, Panzer-Regiment 3, 2. Panzer-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- October 15th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Unit:
- Kompaniechef, Panzer-Regiment 3, 2. Panzer-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- November 12th, 1941
Silver version.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Unit:
- Führer, II. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 3, 2. Panzer-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- November 30th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, I. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 3, 2. Panzer-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- June 26th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, III. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 33, 9. Panzer-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- August 1st, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, III. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 33, 9. Panzer-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- October 5th, 1942
1222nd Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, III. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 33, 9. Panzer-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- March 7th, 1943
“During the combat southwest of Orel Major Willing led his Panzer-Abteilung into an attack against an enemy offensive group (consisting of about one-and-a-half divisions) that had already penetrated into the German lines. In the fighting which followed this group was smashed.”
Sources
- Photo: German Crosses today - Wehrmacht-Awards.com Militaria Forums
- - DÖRR, M., Die Inhaber der Anerkennungsurkunde des Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres 1941-1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1993.
- FEDERL, CH., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Panzerdivisionen 1939-1945, VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, 2000.
- FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Karteikarte.
- Axis History Forum via Awardholders / unit
- Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.
- TITLE
- Die Grenz-Zeitung (Edition 70)
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