Geiger, August
- Date of birth:
- May 6th, 1920 (Überlingen/Bodensee, Germany)
- Date of death:
- September 29th, 1943 (IJsselmeer, the Netherlands)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery Ysselsteyn
Plot: M. Row: 4. Grave: 83. - Nationality:
- German
Biography
August Geiger shot down his first enemy plane in the night of July 8th/9th, 1941.
Died in his Messerschmitt Bf 109G-4 in a crash in the IJsselmeer after being shot down by Wing Commander Bob Braham, flying a Bristol Beaufighter IVF..
August Geiger was buried on the Ehrenfriedhof Zijpendaal in Schaarsbergen and was later reburied on Ysselstein.
1939: joined the Luftwaffe, after basic training, attended a Zerstörerfliegerschule and a Blindflugschule, then promoted to Leutnant
04.1941: 8./ NJG 1
19/20.06.1942: Lt - 9./ NJG 1
05.01.1943 - 29.09.1943: Leutnant and Staka 7./ NJG 1
01.03.1943: Lt., 2./ NJG 1
01.04.1943: promoted to Oberleutnant in NJG 1
26.06.1943: Oblt - 7./ NJG 1
01.07.1943: promoted to Hauptmann
29/30.09.1943: Hptm., 7./NJG 1 (and Kdr. III./NJG 1?) KIA when his Bf 110
G-4 Werknummer 5477 'G9+ER' was shot down by a RAF night fighter over the Zuider Zee 10km NW of Harderwijk in Holland and drowned after baling out.
02.03.1944: posthumously awarded the Eichenlaub.
Pilot credited with 328 combat missions and 54 night victories.
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Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer
- Awarded on:
- October 19th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän, 7. Staffel, III. Gruppe, Nachtjagdgeschwader 1, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- May 22nd, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Stafflekapitän, 7. Staffel, III. Gruppe, Nachtjagdgeschwader 1, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- August 31st, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, III. Gruppe, Nachtjagdgeschwader 1, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- March 2nd, 1944
416th Award.
Awarded posthumous.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- 8./ NJG 1
- Awarded on:
- 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- 7./ NJG 1
- Awarded on:
- 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Fähnrich (Warrant Officer)
- Awarded on:
- 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Wilco Vermeer
- Photo 2: Jeroen Koppes
- - 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.
- Willem Tiemans
- Pilotenbunker
- Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.
- August Geiger | Fallen Airmen Memorial Markelo August Geiger | Fallen Airmen Memorial Markelo
- August Geiger
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