Oekenpöhler, Johann-Peter
- Date of birth:
- September 1st, 1917 (Hiltrup-Münster/Province of Westphalia/Kingdom of Prussia, Germany)
- Date of death:
- August 14th, 1980 (Hiltrup-Münster/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Flew a total of 423 sorties, during which he destroyed the following enemy materiel while flying on the southern sector of the Eastern front in 1943...
- 2 freighters (each with 2000 GRT) off the coast of Kerch
- 2 barges on the Volga
- 2 oil trains
- 1 oil refinery
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Kampfgeschwader
- Awarded on:
- May 10th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Kampfgeschwader
- Awarded on:
- September 1st, 1941
Date is that of the publication in the Ehrenliste der Deutschen Luftwaffe.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- 8. / Kampfgeschwader 27
- Awarded on:
- January 22nd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer 8. / Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"
- Awarded on:
- June 2nd, 1943
Sources
- Photo 1: Igor Poul
- - 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.
- Ritterkreuz Archiv III/2010, Veit Scherzer, Ranis, September 2010, ISSN 1866-4709
- Ehrenliste der Deutschen Luftwaffe, 1 September 1941
- Ehrenpokal
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