Mayerl, Maximilian
- Date of birth:
- May 28th, 1917 (Aigen im Ennstal/Liezen, Austria)
- Date of death:
- February 11th, 2010 (Nimes/Languedoc-Roussillon, Germany)
- Nationality:
- Austrian (1938-1945, Reichsgau)
Biography
Maximilian Mayerl flew 647 sorties of which 172 were on the Western Front and 42 as fighter-bomber sorties on the Eastern Front. He scored 76 aerial victories, 4 on the Western Front.
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Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- 9. / Jagdgeschwader 51
- Awarded on:
- June 29th, 1942
Published in the Ehrenliste der Deutschen Luftwaffe on July 6th, 1942.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- 9. / Jagdgeschwader 51
- Awarded on:
- November 27th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän 9. / Jagdgeschwader 51 “Mölders”
- Awarded on:
- November 22nd, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 15th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 20th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Gefreiter (Aircraftman class 2)
- Awarded on:
- June 9th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- 9./ Jagdgeschwader 51 'Mölders'
- Awarded on:
- May 24th, 1941
Sources
- Photo 1: Wili Schumacher collection
- Photo: Willi Schumacher Collection
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
- 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.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Ritterkreuz Archiv II/2010, Veit Scherzer, Ranis, Juni 2010, ISSN 1866-4709
- Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945
- Aces of the Luftwaffe
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