Date of birth:

January 22nd, 1919 (Sonnefeld/Coburg, Germany)

Date of death:

April 6th, 1943 (Gent/East-Flanders, Belgium)

Buried on:

German War Cemetery Bourdon
Plot: 32. Row: 8. Grave: 304.

Nationality:

German

Fritz Geisshardt died of his wounds at Gent on April 6th, 1943. At that moment he served as Kommandeur III. / Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter" with the rank of Hauptmann.

Promotions:
?: Unteroffizier;
December 1939: Leutnant;
?: Oberleutnant;
?: Hauptmann.

Career:
1937: entered the Luftwaffe
September 9th, 1939: 2. Staffel (Jagd), Lehrgeschwader 2;
September 10th, 1939: POW;
April 1941: Adjutant, I. Gruppe (Jagd), Lehrgeschwader 2;
June 23rd, 1941: Stab, I. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 77;
April 24th, 1942: Staffelkapitän, 3. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 77;
January 11th, 1943: Kommandeur, III. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 26.

Was credited with 642 combat missions and 102 aerial victories (including 75 on the Eastern front).

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