Kowalewski, Robert (Zerstörergeschwader 76)
- Date of birth:
- March 15th, 1914 (Berlin/Brandenburg, Germany)
- Date of death:
- July 5th, 1996 (Herdecke/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Heinrich Robert Kowalewski was severely wounded during an emergency landing on December 22nd, 1942 after suffering engine failure.
During his career he destroyed 16 ships (95.528 BRT) over the course of 280 missions and claimed shooting down two enemy aircraft.
Promotions:
July 1935: Leutnant zur See;
November 1st, 1939: Oberleutnant;
April 1st, 1940: Hauptmann;
July 1st, 1942: Major;
September 1st, 1944: Oberstleutnant;
Career:
April 1st, 1932: Kriegsmarine;
June 3rd, 1938: Flieger-Waffenschule (See), Parow;
?: Flieger-Ausbildungs-Bataillon 26;
November 1st, 1939: 1. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 40;
February 16th, 1940: Stab, 10. Flieger-Division;
May1940: Flieger-Waffenschule (See) Parow;
September 1940: Korpsführungskette, X. Fliegerkorps;
January 1st, 1941: Staffelführer 6. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 26;
January 18th, 1941 - May 14th, 1941: Kommandeur II. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 26;
July 16th, 1941: Kommandeur III. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 40;
September 10th, 1943: Führerreserve RLM/Ob.d.L.;
February 28th, 1944: Kommodore Zerstörergeschwader 76;
August 1944: Stab Nachtjagdgeschwader 2;
November 1944: Kommodore Kampfgeschwader 76.
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Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
- Rank:
- Leutnant zur See (Sub-lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Küstenfliegergruppe 1/ 106
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- December 14th, 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- February 20th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 18th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 11th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Awarded on:
- September 28th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, Korpsführungskette, X. Fliegerkorps, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- November 24th, 1940
"For sinking 83,680 GRT of enemy merchant shipping, damaging a British cruiser, shooting down a fighter and a flying boat, and bringing his crew back safely on a single engine after a successful raid on Moray Firth/NE Scotland."
Action on September 11th, 1940 in Heinkel He 111 H-3 (P4+BA).
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- January 3rd, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 10th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- III. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 40
- Awarded on:
- July 2nd, 1942
Medaglia d'argento al Valore Militare
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 1st, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 4th, 1944
Sources
- Photo 1: Norbert Beyerlein
- Photo: Beyerlein sammlung
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Obermeier E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Band 1 Jagdflieger, Verlag Hoffman, Mainz
- 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
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