Morich, Gerhard (KG 4)

Date of birth:: March 25th, 1920 (Peine, Germany)
Date of death:: January 21st, 1986 (Peine, Germany)
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

00.00.1940: assigned to KG 4 on completion of training at Luftkriegsschule 2, Berlin-Gatow
11.01.1943: Oberleutnant, awarded the Ehrenpokal
14.02.1943-11.07.1943: Oblt., Adj. II./ KG 4
17.05.1943: Oblt., awarded DKiG, II./ KG 4
12.07.1943-06.10.1944: Oblt., Staka 4./ KG 4
01.05.1944: promoted to Hauptmann
20.07.1944: Hauptmann, awarded Ritterkreuz, Staka 4./ KG 4
15.10.1944-29.11.1944: Hptm., Staka 3./ Bomben-und Zielfinderschule Greifswald
30.11.1944-24.04.1945: Hptm., Staka 6./ KG 76
Credited with 362 combat missions during the war

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Flugzeugführerabzeichen

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Awarded on:: January 11th, 1943

Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:: II. Gruppe, Kampf-Geschwader 4
Awarded on:: May 17th, 1943

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:: Staffelkapitän, 4. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever"
Awarded on:: July 20th, 1944

Awarded for his successes as a bomber pilot during the campaigns against Poland, Britain and the USSR. He particularly distinguished himself during the attack on the Poltava airfield that took place on the night of 21/22.06.1944.

Sources

Photo 1: Known to STIWOT
- URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht