Puttfarken, Dietrich
- Date of birth:
- April 30th, 1920 (Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany)
- Date of death:
- April 23rd, 1944 (Near Cambridge, England)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Flew a total of 269 sorties.
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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:
- December 8th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant
- Unit:
- I./ Kampf-Geschwader 51
- Awarded on:
- July 2nd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer 1./Kampfgeschwader 51
- Awarded on:
- October 7th, 1942
- Several merchant ships (totalling 14500 GRT)
- 1 submarine
- 30 aircraft and 1 flying boat on the ground
- 9 tanks
- 200+ trucks
- 13 locomotives
- About 100 railway cars
- 3 important bridges over the Don river
Sources
- - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008.
- URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.
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