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Lang, Walter (Kampfgeschwader 27)

Date of birth:
June 10th, 1916 (Donsbach)
Date of death:
July 5th, 1943 (North West of Belgorod)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Kursk - Besedino
Grave: UNK.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

05.07.1943: Feldwebel, Beobachter, 7./ III./ KG 27, KIA when He 111H-16 Werknummer 8159 shot down by antiaircraft direct hit in the cockpit North West of Belgorod
Remaining crew (all KIA):
Oberleutnant Johannes Löwe, Flugzeugführer (DKiG)
Lt. Dankwart RUDEL (o06.03.1923), Flugzeugführer
Unteroffizier Fritz Sartor, Bordfunker (DKiG)
Uffz. Emil HIRSCHMANN (o15.10.1919), Bordschütze

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier
Unit:
Beobachter
Awarded on:
March 1st, 1943
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier
Unit:
7. Staffel, Kampf-Geschwader 27
Awarded on:
April 28th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Sources

  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht

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