Gläser, Alexander (Schlachtgeschwader 77)
- Date of birth:
- January 4th, 1914 (Büdingen/Hesse, Germany)
- Date of death:
- September 13th, 2003 (Büdingen/Hesse, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Alexander Gläser flew a total of 1123 combat sorties.
Career:
00.00.1932: entered the Reichswehr
00.00.1935: Unteroffizier, Luftwaffe
00.07.1936: I. Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 165, Kitzingen
01.05.1939: 1. Staffel, I. Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 (renamed)
28.05.1940: promoted to Leutnant
00.11.1942: 500th flight over Stalingrad Pocket
00.04.1943: 1000th flight
17.05.1943: Kommandeur, IV. Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 151
01.02.1944: Kommandeur, II. Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 77
00.05.1945: POW
00.00.1957: Hauptmann, Luftwaffe, Bundeswehr
16.03.1960: promoted to Major
00.00.1968: promoted to Oberstleutnant
31.03.1971: retired
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Flugzeugführerabzeichen
- Awarded on:
- 1935
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 14th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 10th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer
- Awarded on:
- November 24th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- 3. Staffel, I. Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 77, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- May 18th, 1942
Award 21/54.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän, 4. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 77, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- February 19th, 1943
751st Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, II. Gruppe, Schlachtgeschwader 77, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- March 28th, 1945
811th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1945
Sources
- Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
- - 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, Band II, 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
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- das-ritterkreuz.de
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