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Pieplow, Rudolf (Schlacht-Geschwader 3)

Date of birth:
May 21st, 1914
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

W.B.K. Lübeck
01.07.1938: RDA as Leutnant - Kr.O./Fl.
03.04.1944: Leutnant, I./ SG 3 awarded the DKiG
00.00.1944-00.05.1944: Oblt., Adjutant, I./ SG 3
00.00.1945: Oblt. and Staka 1. Staffel, Schlachtgeschwader 3
15.04.1945: shot down down by Soviet fighters while fleeing Litthausdorf airfield near Palmnicken on the Sambian Peninsula, 40 km West of Königsberg, East Prussia
With Bordmechaniker Oberfeldwebel Bodach stashed in the fuselage, he made a force landing 1 km behind the Russian linesand and wad made POW

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer
Awarded on:
December 1st, 1941
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
I. Gruppe, Schlacht-Geschwader 3
Awarded on:
January 28th, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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