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Fach, Ernst

Date of birth:
July 6th, 1912 (Remscheid/Rhine Province, Germany)
Date of death:
May 15th, 1943 (over Poltava/Ukrainian SSR, USSR)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:
Staffelkapitän, 9. Staffel, III. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 3 "Blitz", Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
September 3rd, 1943
Awarded after flying 300 bomber sorties. In this time he personally destroyed 64 locomotives, 96 trucks, 19 tanks, 32 artillery positions, 9 freight trains and 8 bridges. He also achieved great successes as a Staffelführer during 1943. Specializing in anti-train operations, the unit destroyed 216 locomotives in just two-and-a-half months (of which Fach was responsible for 44) and damaged a further 40.

Awarded posthumously.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 19th, 1943
Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger in Gold mit Anhänger
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
6. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 3, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
May 22nd, 1942

According to the Vorschlag of the Ritterkreuz awarded on 1-6-1942.
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 11th, 1941
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 1st, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 10th, 1939
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

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