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Kämmerling, Bernhard (Aufklärungsgruppe 11)

Date of birth:
September 26th, 1919 (Wattenscheid, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Promotions:
01.04.1940: Obergefreiter
01.09.1940: Unteroffizier
01.07.1943: Feldwebel

Career:
03.1940/ 6./ Pilot Training Regiment 31
04.1940: Student Company of Pilot Shooter School 1 in Hilversum (Netherlands)
05.1940-08.1940: Reconnaissance Pilot School in Brieg/Brzeg, southern Poland
09.1940: 5th Squadron (Short Range) of Reconnaissance Group 11
The group’s task was to fly reconnaissance missions on the Eastern Front, in southern Russia, for the 11th Panzer Division
16.03.1944: briefly joined the 2nd Squadron of Short Range Reconnaissance Group 2, at the time stationed in Romania and then in Poland
26.04.1944: Student Company of Pilot School A 118 in Stettin/Szczecin, western Poland
06.01.1945: Pilot School A 3 with the 1st Student Company in Guben/Gubin, western Poland

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier
Awarded on:
October 8th, 1941
Fliegerschutzenabzeichen fur Bordschutzen und Bordmechaniker
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier
Awarded on:
August 10th, 1942
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier
Awarded on:
August 30th, 1942
Frontflugspange für Aufklärer in Bronze
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier
Awarded on:
September 15th, 1942
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier
Awarded on:
February 12th, 1943
Frontflugspange für Aufklärer in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier
Awarded on:
February 27th, 1943
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 15th, 1943
Frontflugspange für Aufklärer in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier
Unit:
Bordschütze
Awarded on:
August 30th, 1943

Published in the Ehrenliste der Luftwaffe on 6th September 1943.
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel (Sergeant)
Unit:
5.(H) Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe 11
Awarded on:
March 20th, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
July 1st, 1941
DRL Sportabzeichen in Bronze

Sources

  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
    - Patzwall K.D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Studien zur Geschichte der Auszeichnungen, Band 6, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008, ISBN 978-3-931533-08-3
    - Soldbuch and Award documents through Uwe Glock

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