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Baumgartner, Martin (Aufklärungsgruppe O.d.L.)

Date of death:
August 14th, 1942 (over Baku, Azerbaijan)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

01.08.1939: promoted to Leutnant (RDA withheld)
01.09.1939: RDA as Leutnant, beiden Ob.d.L. pool (Sch.Etat)
01.08.1940: promoted to Oberleutnant
10.03.1941: Oberleutnant, 2.(F)/ Aufkl.Gr. Ob.d.L. WIA when Do 215 B Werknummer 0083 flown by Feldwebel Robert Gross collided on take-off from Le Bourget with the landing He 111H-2 Werknummer 2431 of Wekusta 51
22.05.1942: Oberleutnant in 2./ Aufkl.Gr. Ob.d.L., awarded the DKiG
14.08.1942: Oberleutnant, in 2.(F)/ Aufkl.Gr. Ob.d.L. reported MIA when Ju88 D-5 Werknummer 430245 coded 'T5+FK' failed to return after a mission to the Machatsch-Kala-Baku area (Azerbaijan)
Remaining crew (MIA, desig unk):
-Oberfeldwebel Fritz Hegendörfer (o19.01.1921)
-Unteroffizier Franz Nadansky
-Oberfeldwebel Ernst Scheithauer
01.08.1944: officially listed as MIA

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
2.(Fern) Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
May 22nd, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1941
WIA 10.03.1941
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz

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