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Janke, Karl (Sturzkampfgeschwader 2)

Date of birth:
February 7th, 1912 (Sparsee, Neustettin/Pomerania, Germany)
Date of death:
December 22nd, 1981 (Hamburg/Hamburg, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Flew approximately 500 ground attack sorties in WWII. In this time he destroyed (among other things) the following enemy materiel...

- A 5000 GRT supply ship
- 32 tanks
- 3 armoured trains
- 3 important bridges

01.10.1931: Funker, 1. Kompanie, Nachrichten-Abteilung 2, Stettin
00.00.1935: moved to the Luftwaffe
06.04.1936: Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier, L.K.S. Berlin-Gatow
15.06.1938: II. Gruppe, Stuka-Geschwader 163 - later renamed in III. Gruppe, Stuka-Geschwader 2
00.05.1940: WIA when shot down in Belgium with severe skull fracture
00.10.1940: back to his unit
00.08.1941-00. 06.1942: 9. Staffel, St.G. 2
00.09.1941: attack against the harbour of Kronstadt
15.06.1942: Staffelkapitän, 5. Staffel, St.G. 2
10.07.1942-00.12.1942: Staffelkapitän, 7. Staffel, St.G 2 "Immelmann"
00.00.1943: unfit for service as pilot due to his skull fracture
00.00.1944-00.00.1945: Major, Taktiklehrer and Inspektionschef, Luftkriegsschule 9
00.00.1950: commissioned as captain (Kapitänspatente A 4 and C 1)

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Awarded on:
October 20th, 1941
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
9. Staffel, III. Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann", Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
December 2nd, 1941
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:
Staffelkapitän, 7. Staffel, III. Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann", Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
January 16th, 1942
Awarded after flying approximately 500 sorties.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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