Piske, Herbert
- Date of birth:
- November 22nd, 1921 (Osdorf-Pinneberg/Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany)
- Date of death:
- June 4th, 2010 (Aurich/Lowersaxony, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Flew a total of 783 sorties (including 125 fighter, 412 Stuka and 246 assault pilot). In this time he achieved 3 aerial victories and destroyed 23 tanks.
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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:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer
- Awarded on:
- June 25th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- 3. Staffel, I. Gruppe, Schlachtgeschwader 10, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- July 26th, 1944
Date of awarding mentioned in BW-Personalakte.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän, 3. Staffel, I. Gruppe, Schlachtgeschwader 10, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- March 15th, 1945
Sources
- Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
- - 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.
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