Date of birth:

May 3rd, 1919 (Lienz/Tirol, Austria)

Date of death:

November 5th, 1943 (Feldlazerett Idriza/Kalinin Oblast/Russian SFSR, USSR)

Buried on:

German War Cemetery Sebesh
Plot: 10. Row: 14. Grave: 1177.

Nationality:

Austrian (1938-1945, Reichsgau)

Fritz Leopold was posthumously promoted to Hauptmann.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)

Unit:

Flugzeugführer

Awarded on:

December 1st, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)

Unit:

3. / Kampfgeschwader 3

Awarded on:

June 5th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)

Unit:

Staffelkapitän 5. / Kampfgeschwader 3 "Lützow"

Awarded on:

March 26th, 1944

Awarded for his successes over the course of 320 bomber sorties flown on the Eastern front. In this time he and his crew destroyed the following enemy materiel…

- 30 tanks
- 150 vehicles
- 1 armoured train
- 7 locomotives
- 38 freight trains
- 38 Flak and artillery positions
- Numerous ammunition and supply dumps
- 89 aircraft on the ground
- 1 freighter in the Black Sea with 5000 GRT

Awarded posthumously.

• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008.
  - URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.
  - Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.
  - Luftwaffe Officer Career
  

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