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Ensle, Wolfgang (Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann")

Date of birth:
July 29th, 1920 (Mutlangen, Schwäb. Gmund/Württemberg, Germany)
Date of death:
September 27th, 2007 (Munich/Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Flew a total of 760 sorties during WWII, most of these with the Ju 87. He was credited with destroying 34 tanks (among other things) during this time.

26.11.1944: Oberfeldwebel, 3./ SG-2, last mission, shot down and bailed out, WIA and evacuated to a Lazarett

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier
Unit:
Flugzeugführer
Awarded on:
March 22nd, 1943
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier
Unit:
I. Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann", Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
October 17th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel (Sergeant)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer, 3. Staffel, I. Gruppe, Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann", Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
August 8th, 1944
Awarded after flying over 700 ground attack sorties.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
with clasp '700'
Frontflugspange für Schlagtflieger in Gold mit Anhänger und Einzatszahl

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