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Kopke, Gerhard (Bordschütze)

Date of birth:
August 3rd, 1917 (Zittau/Saxony, Germany)
Date of death:
October 7th, 1945 (Soviet POW camp in Petrozavodsk/Karelo-Finnish SSR, USSR)
Buried on:
German War Graves Petrozavodsk
Grave: UNK.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

00.00.1943: Feldwebel, 3./ Erg.Gr.f.F.K.B., Ergänzungs-Gruppe für Fallschirmjäger-Kampf-Beobachter

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier
Unit:
Bordschütze
Awarded on:
June 5th, 1943
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel (Sergeant)
Unit:
3. Kompanie, Ergänzungsgruppe für F.K.B., Fallschirmjägerkampfbeobachter
Awarded on:
October 17th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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