Schalber, Josef
- Date of birth:
- April 24th, 1904 (Linz)
- Nationality:
- Austrian
Biography
00.00.1925: went to Spain working as a teacher and a translator in an engineering office
00.00.1929-00.00.1932: returned to Austria working as a salesman and a bookkeeper for a car dealer
00.00.1932: employed as a representative for the truck manufacturer 'Österreichische Sauerwerke AG
10.08.1939: assigned to a Lw. Kriegsberichter.- Kp. d.Lfl.Kdo. 4. attached to a Stuka unit
01.10.1942: promoted to Leutnant
03.10.1942 or 19.10.1942 or 16.02.1943: Feldwebel, awarded the DKiG
00.02.1943: Leutnant, Kriegsberichter (Bild)
00.07.1943: attained his 300th combat mission
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- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel (Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Fliegerschütze, Kriegsberichter, I. Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann", Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- May 25th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel (Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Fliegerschütze, Kriegsberichter, I. Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann", Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- October 3rd, 1942
other sources give 19.10.1942 (Horst Scheibert) or 16.12.1943
Sources
- Photo 1: Hans-Peter Rackete
- Photo 2:
- - 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
- Patzwall K.D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Studien zur Geschichte der Auszeichnungen, Band 6, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008, ISBN 978-3-931533-08-3