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Bauer, Otto (Aufklärungsgruppe 123)

Date of birth:
September 4th, 1915 (Freising, Bavaria - Germany)
Date of death:
October 4th, 1942 (Bédée, Ille & Vilaine - France)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Mont-de-Huisnes
Plot: 10. Grave: 115.
Service number:
69006/31
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

04.10.1942: Ju 88 D-1 Werknummer 430325 coded 'T5 + EL' from 3.(F)/ 123 - Luftflotte 3 on return from a reconnaissance mission crashed and burned at Bédéé in the hamlet of Coudray-Vilboux, 20 km north-west of Rennes in France, all crew killed :
-Flugzeugführer - Leutnant Heinz Weber,
-Beobachter - Ofw. Otto Bauer
-Bordfunker - Uffz. Kurt Wilke
-Bordschütze - Ofw. Martin Bachmann

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:
3.(Fern) Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe 123, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
July 27th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:
Bordfunker
Awarded on:
December 1st, 1941
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg

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