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Ludwig, Herbert (NJG 101)

Date of death:
April 24th, 1945 (Lauf an der Pegnitz, Bayern)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

00.00.1942: with NJG 1
02.10.1943: Fw., 6./ NJG 101, 1st victory
09.10.1943: Fw., 6./ NJG 101, 2nd victory
04.04.1944: Ofw., 6./ NJG 101, 3rd victory
15.05.1944: Fw., awarded the Ehrenpokal
30.05.1944: Ofw., 6./ NJG 101, 4th victory
01.09.1944: Ofw., 6./ NJG 101, 5th victory
10.09.1944: Fahnenjunker, 6./ NJG 101, 6th victory
11.09.1944: Fahnenjunker, 6./ NJG 101, 7th victory
17.09.1944: Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel, 6./ NJG 101, 8th victory
01.01.1945: Fw., unspecified NJG awarded the DKiG
23/24.04.1945 IV./ NJG 6 KIA when his Ju 88 G-6 was shot down by American AA near Lauf-Letten
Credited with 9 victories

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel (Sergeant)
Unit:
Nachtjagd-Geschwader
Awarded on:
January 1st, 1945

Date of notice in Luftwaffen-Verordnungsblatt.
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel (Sergeant)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer
Awarded on:
May 15th, 1944
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg

Sources

  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - 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
    - Patzwall K.D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Studien zur Geschichte der Auszeichnungen, Band 6, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008, ISBN 978-3-931533-08-3

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