Griebel, Osmar (Schlachtgeschwader 77)
- Date of birth:
- November 21st, 1919 (Nürnberg, Bavaria)
- Date of death:
- March 9th, 1944 (Porochnja,USSR)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
24.01.1942: shot down with Ju 87R-2 Werknummer 5929 coded "S2 + HK" region Mariupol-Kharkov, crew returned
09.03.1944: Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel, KIA on his 800th mission north of Prokhnaya due to small arms fire and subsequent crash landing and burning
His R/O succeeded in bailing out
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- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel (Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, 2.Staffel, I. Gruppe, Schlachtgeschwader 77, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- December 5th, 1943
Awarded for his success in over 600 ground attack sorties.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier
- Unit:
- 2. Staffel, I. Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 77, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- August 21st, 1942
Sources
- - 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.
- das-ritterkreuz.de