Mayr, Rudolf (Kampfgeschwader 40)
- Date of birth:
- May 1st, 1910 (Miesbach/Bavaria, Germany)
- Date of death:
- August 4th, 1991 (Hamburg/Hamburg, Germany)
- Service number:
- SS-Nr.: 8.467 // NSDAP-Nr.:
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
In some DKiG sources, Rudolf Mayer is being referred to as Rudolf Mayer.
Promotions:
21.07.1936: SS-Untersturmführer
26.10.1936: SS-Obersturmführer
18.05.1943: Oberleutnant
19.10.1943: SS-Hauptsturmführer
00.00.1944: Hauptmann
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DRL Sportabzeichen in Bronze
- Awarded on:
- December 1st, 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- I. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 40, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- December 23rd, 1941
Written in Patzwall / Scherzer as Rudolf Mayer.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän, 9. Staffel, III. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 40, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- May 18th, 1943
Sources
- Photo 1: Known to STIWOT
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.
- das-ritterkreuz.de
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