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Kohlhagen, Kurt (Nahaufklärungsgruppe 2)

Date of birth:
September 23rd, 1922 (Elmenhorst/Pommerania, Germany)
Date of death:
March 25th, 1945 (Oderberg, Czechia)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Wallachisch Meseritsch / Valasske Mezirici
Plot: 1. Row: 4. Grave: 158.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

01.02.1942: promoted to Leutnant
10.05.1943: Leutnant, Flugzeugbeobachter, II. Gruppe, Nahaufklärungsgruppe 102
30.10.1943: Leutnant, 1./ NAGr.2, his first known victory, a Soviet R-5
16.02.1944: Leutnant, 1./ NAGr.2, 2nd, 3rd & 4th, a U-2 and two R-5s
16.03.1944: Leutnant, 1./ NAGr.2, 5th, a R-5
21.03.1944: Leutnant, 1./ NAGr.2, 6th, an R-5
29.03.1944: Leutnant, 1./ NAGr.2, 7th, an R-5
10.04.1944: Leutnant, 1./ NAGr.2, 8th, an R-5
11.04.1944: Leutnant, 1./ NAGr.2, 9th, an R-5
13.04.1944: Leutnant, 1./ NAGr.2, 10th, an R-5
17.04.1944: Leutnant, 1./ NAGr.2, 11th, an R-5
20.04.1944: Leutnant, 1./ NAGr.2, 12th, an R-5
22.04.1944: Leutnant, 1./ NAGr.2, 13th, 14th & 15th, two R-5s and an Il-2 in the Katarobka area
23.04.1944: Leutnant, 1./ NAGr.2, 16th, an R-5
24.04.1944: Leutnant, 1./ NAGr.2, 17th & 18th, a U-2 and an R-5
25.04.1944: Leutnant, 1./ NAGr.2, 19th, an Il-2
29.04.1944: Leutnant, 1./ NAGr.2, 20th, an Il-5
31.05.1944: Leutnant, 1./ NAGr.2, 21st, a U-2
05.07.1944: Leutnant, 1./ NAGr.2, 22nd, an R-5
28.07.1944: Leutnant, 1./ NAGr.2, 23rd, an Il-2 W of Belgorod
19.12.1944: Leutnant, 1./ NAGr.2, 24th, a U-2
25.03.1945: Oberleutnant, 1./ NAGr-2, KIA while making an emergency landing with Fw 189A-3, Bf 109G-10 Werknummer 770.228 coded 'Weisse 12' east of Wilmersdorf after being hit by flak
Pilot credited with 24 victories

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer
Awarded on:
January 17th, 1944
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
1. Staffel, Nahaufklärungsgruppe 2
Awarded on:
January 28th, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer, Beobachter, 1. Staffel, Nahaufklärungsgruppe 2
Awarded on:
September 30th, 1944
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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