Delp, Gustav
					
							
							
							  
								- Date of birth:
 
								- September 30th, 1920 (Darmstadt/Hesse, Germany)
 
							  
								- Date of death:
 
								- April 27th, 1944 (over Rugby/Warwickshire, Great Britain)
 
							  
								- Buried on:
 
								- German War Cemetery Cannock Chase
Plot: 3. Row: 3. Grave: 79. 
							  
								- Nationality:
 
								- German
 
							  
							
						
					
					Biography
					
					Gustav Delp was killed together with his pilot Leutnant Wolfgang Wenning when his Messerschmitt Me 410 (9K + ZP) of II. / Kampfgeschwader 51 collided with the Airspeed Oxford LX196 piloted by P/O Gregor Stephen Moore. Delp lies buried at the German cemetery in Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, Block 3, Grave 79.
					
					
					
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							- Period:
 - Second World War (1939-1945)
 - Rank:
  - Feldwebel (Sergeant)
 - Unit:
  - 16. Staffel, V. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 2, Luftwaffe 
 - Awarded on:
  - March 20th, 1944
 
								 
								
								 
								
							
							
								
							
							
								
					Sources
					
					  - Photo 1: Mike Harrison
						
 - - 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.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- The Wargraves Photographic Project
- Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.