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Röhrig, Otto (KG 200)

Date of birth:
June 23rd, 1911 (Frieendiez)
Date of death:
November 2nd, 1944 (3 km east of airfield Groß-Schiemanen, Eastern Prussia)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

02.11.1944: On the return after flying as an escort for an Ar 232 re-supplying German troops behind Russian lines, 2./ KG 200, KIA in the crash of the He 111H flown by 3 km east of airfield Groß-Schimanen :
Flugzeugführer and Staka Olt Reese, Fritz, KIA
Beobachter Major Belz. UNK (Jagdfl.Schule Altenburg)
Bordfunker Ofw AIthoff, Herbert, KIA
Bordmechaniker Ofw Röhrig, Otto, KIA
Fw Friedel, Max, WIA
Uffz Schramm, Alfred, WIA

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:
Kampf-Geschwader 200
Awarded on:
January 1st, 1945
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Sources

  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht

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