Eberspächer, Helmut (Nachtschlachtgruppe 20)
- Date of birth:
- November 18th, 1915 (Tübingen/Württemberg, Germany)
- Date of death:
- June 19th, 2011 (Esslingen at the Neckar/Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Helmut Eberspächer achieved a total of 7 victories in 170 operational sorties.
Promotions:
?: Leutnant;
?: Oberleutnant;
1st May 1944: Hauptmann.
Career:
July 1940 - January 1942: Beobachter 7. / Lehrgeschwader 2;
1942: Ausbildung Flugzeugführer;
1943: Staffelkapitän 3. / (Schnell) Kampfgeschwader 51.
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- Beobachter 7. / Lehrgeschwader 2
- Awarded on:
- May 5th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- Beobachter 7. / Lehrgeschwader 2
- Awarded on:
- August 5th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer
- Awarded on:
- March 20th, 1944
Was published in the Ehrenliste der Deutschen Luftwaffe on April 17th, 1944.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- I. Gruppe, Schnellkampfgeschwader 10, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- January 1st, 1945
Date awarding according to publication in Luftwaffen-Verordnungsblatt.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän, 3. Staffel, Nachtschlachtgruppe 20, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- January 26th, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Staka - Kampfgeschwader 2
- Awarded on:
- October 7th, 1944
Sources
- Photo 1: Wilco Vermeer
- Photo: Wilco Vermeer collection, the Netherlands
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- OBERMAIER, ERNST, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Verlag Dieter Hoffmann, Mainz, 1976.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, 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
- Letter from Helmut Eberspächer dated September 9th, 1992
- Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945
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