Schmidt, Werner Artur (Kampfgeschwader 55 'Greif')
- Date of birth:
- February 14th, 1914 (Potsdam, Germany)
- Date of death:
- July 13th, 1997 (Friedrichsdorf (Taunus), Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Flew a total of 365 sorties by the end of the war.
Career:
1938: entered the Luftwaffe - BFS 5
01.03.1941: transferred to Stukaschule 2
01.04.1941: transferred to 7./KG 55
01.04.1942: promoted to Oberleutnant
10.06.1942: appointed Adjutant III./KG 55
12.1942-01.1943: flew supply missions into Stalingrad
1943: transferred to 7./KG 55
16.08.1943-08.05.1945: appointed Stafü 9./KG 55,later as Staka
01.06.1944: in KG 55, promoted to Hauptmann
07.1944: involved in Poltava raid
10.05.1945: captured by the Soviets
1950: released
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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- 7. / Kampfgeschwader 55 'Greif'
- Awarded on:
- August 31st, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapiän 9. / Kampfgeschwader 55 'Greif'
- Awarded on:
- August 19th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- III./ KG 55
- Awarded on:
- August 24th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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