Pipan, Arthur
- Date of birth:
- December 5th, 1919 (Velden am Wörther/Villach-Land/Carinthia, Austria)
- Date of death:
- August 1st, 2009 (Klagenfurt/Carinthia, Austria)
- Nationality:
- Austrian
Biography
Arthur Pipan completed 758 combat missions and destroyed 10 railway engines, 9 bridges, 1 gun boat and many tanks.
Promotions:
October 1st, 1938: Gefreiter;
April 1st, 1939: Fahnenjunker;
June 6th, 1939: Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier;
October 1st, 1939: Fähnrich;
December 1st, 1939: Oberfähnrich;
April 1st, 1940: Leutnant;
April 1st, 1942: Oberleutnant;
December 1st, 1943: Hauptmann.
Career:
April 1st, 1943: Staffelführer, 5. Staffel, Schlachtgeschwader 1;
April 20th, 1944 - February 14th, 1945: Adjudant Schlachtgeschwader 1;
March 2nd, 1945 - May 8th, 1945: Kommandeur I. Gruppe, Schlachtgeschwader 1;
?: Kommandeur Fliegerregiment 2 (Österr. Bundeswehr).
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Flugzeugführerabzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Awarded on:
- August 21st, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- 5. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 1, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- September 1st, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- 5. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 1, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- November 5th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, 5. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 1, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- November 13th, 1941
Date according to the Soldbuch.
Published in the Ehrenliste der Deutschen Luftwaffe on November 24th, 1941.
Croce Al Valore di Guerra
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Awarded on:
- November 13th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Awarded on:
- March 12th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Awarded on:
- September 1st, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- II. Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 1, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- September 24th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Awarded on:
- May 21st, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Awarded on:
- July 28th, 1943
With sortie number "500".
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän, 5.Staffel, II. Gruppe, Schlachtgeschwader 1, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- April 6th, 1944
At the time of the awarding he held the rank of Hauptmann.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
- Photo 2: Family
- - BERGER., F & HABISOHN, CHR., Ritterkreuzträger aus Österreich und den K.U.K. Kronländern, Florian Berger, Wenen, 2006.
- FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- OBERMAIER, ERNST, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Verlag Dieter Hoffmann, Mainz, 1976.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Band II, 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 IV/2009, Veit Scherzer, Ranis, Dezember 2009, ISSN 1866-4709
- das-ritterkreuz.de
- ww2.dk
- Schlachtgeschwader 1
- Soldbuch
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