Kunze, Herbert

Date of birth:: February 17th, 1916 (Arnsdorf/Schweidnitz, Germany)
Date of death:: 1945
Nationality:: German

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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberfeldwebel
Unit:: Kampf-Geschwader
Awarded on:: January 1st, 1945

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:: Beobachter 8./Kampfgeschwader 26
Awarded on:: October 31st, 1944

Awarded for his successes as an anti-shipping observer in the western and Mediterranean theatres. He would ultimately fly a total of 80 sorties (counted as 127 front flights) and participate in the sinking of at least 8 ships (with 28300 GRT) and the damaging of a further 5 (with 18000 GRT).

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- URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.

Kunze, Herbert

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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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