Böwing-Treuding, Wolfgang (JG 51 "Mölders")
- Date of birth:
- January 28th, 1922 (Hamburg, Germany)
- Date of death:
- February 11th, 1943 (Dubnitsa/Pskov Oblast, Soviet Union)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery Sebesh
Grave: UNK. - Nationality:
- German
Biography
Oberleutnant Wolfgang Adolf Albert Böwing-Treuding
00.06.1941: Leutnant, 8. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 51, campaign in Russia
13.07.1941: 1st victory, a Bomber DB-3
29.07.1941: 2nd victory, a Bomber SB-3
25.08.1941: transferred to the 12./ JG 51
28.08.1941: 3rd victory, a SB-2
17.12.1941: 10th victory,
01.06.1942: Staffelkapitän, Stabsstaffel, IV. Gruppe, JG 51 with 17 victories
01.08.1942: 20th victory, a Il-2 Sturmovik
18.12.1942: Staffelkapitän, 10./ JG 51 with 26 victories
30.10.1942: 34th, 35th and 36th victories, three Il-2 Sturmovik
00.12.1942: achieved 39 victories
11.02.1943: KIA 10km North West of Velikiye Luki when Fw 190 A-4 Werknummer 5.777 downed by anti-aircraft fires while attacking vehicles
24.03.1943: awarded posthumously the Ritterkreuz
Pilot credited with 46 victories on the Eastern Front
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Flugzeugführerabzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer
- Awarded on:
- September 13th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- II. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders", Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- October 15th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Staffelführer, 10. Staffel, IV. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders", Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- March 24th, 1943
awarded posthumously
Sources
- Photo 1:
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008.
- Ritterkreuz Archiv IV/2010, Veit Scherzer, Ranis, September 2010, ISSN 1866-4709
- Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945
- Wolfgang Adolf Albert Böwing-Treuding | Gräbersuche-Online
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