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Menzel, Robert (Aufklärungsgruppe)

    Date of birth:
    November 5th, 1914 (Ulm/Württemberg, Germany)
    Date of death:
    September 25th, 1944 (Carpates/ Romania)
    Buried on:
    German-Hungarian War Cemetery Budaörs
    Plot: 10. Row: 24. Grave: 1527.
    Nationality:
    German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

    Biography

    15.07.1933: entered service with the Heer - Infanterie
    1934: trained with the Infanterie in Dresden then assigned to 7./ Inf.Rgt. 13
    01.01.1935: transferred to the Luftwaffe and sent to Fliegerschule Braunschweig for Beobachter (observer) training
    01.07.1935: transferred to Aufkl.Gr. 115 (Göppingen) as Beobachter and Bild-Offz. 01.12.1936: transferred to III.(Aufkl.)/ Lehrgeschwader 2, mainly as a Bild-Offz
    02.01.1939: appointed assistant Ic in Stab/ Lw.-Lehr-Div.
    01.11.1939: appointed Ia op 1 in Stab/ Gen.d.Lw. beim Ob.d.H.
    26.02.1940-19.03.1940: appointed Staffelführer 2.(H)/ Aufkl.Gr. 11
    20.03.1940-17.12.1941: appointed Staka 3.(Pz.)/ Aufkl.Gr. 41
    13.11.1941: Hauptmann, awarded DKiG, 3.(H)/ Aufkl.Gr. 41
    18.12.1941: appointed Ia op 1 in Stab/ Luftgaukdo. Moskau
    01.09.1942: appointed Ia in Stab/ Luftgaukdo. Moskau
    01.10.1942: transferred into the Generalstab d.Lw. without attending the
    Luftkriegsakademie
    01.01.1943: Major in Generalstab - Führer-Reserve / Ob.d.L., appointed Ia op in Stab/Luftflotte 4
    01.04.1943: in RLM pool, promoted to Major i.G.
    01.08.1944: KIA in aircraft crash (version 1)
    25.09.1944: KIA ivo South of the Carpates, Romania

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    1936
    Flugzeugbeobachterabzeichen
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    1937
    Flugzeugführerabzeichen
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    1937
    Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    1939
    Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    September 28th, 1939
    Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    June 12th, 1940
    Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
    Unit:
    3.(H) Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe 41, Luftwaffe
    Awarded on:
    November 13th, 1941
    Was recommended for Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on August 18th,1941 but was awarded the DKiG.

    Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    1941
    Frontflugspange für Aufklärer in Bronze
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    1942
    Medaille
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    1943
    Ordinul Virtutea Aeronautica - Gold Cross
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    1943
    Croatian Pilot Badge

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