Poppenburg, Werner
- Date of birth:
- June 20th, 1920 (Borgholzhausen/Westernphalia, Germany)
- Date of death:
- December 5th, 1944
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Werne Poppenburg was killed in action on December 5th, 1944 as Staffelkapitän with 5. / Jagdgeschwader 301. He flew a total on 216 operational sorties.
Promotions:
1st April 1942: Oberleutnant.
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 27th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- 7. / Kampfgeschwader 51
- Awarded on:
- October 15th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer 7. / Kampfgeschwader 51
- Awarded on:
- August 16th, 1942
Published in the Ehrenliste der Deutschen Luftwaffe on August 24th, 1942.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- 7. / Kampfgeschwader 51
- Awarded on:
- November 7th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- March 15th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Rene Millert
- - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
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