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Schneider-Eicke, Wolfgang (Flak-Regiment 43)

Date of birth:
July 25th, 1909
Date of death:
April 6th, 1943 (Bordj-Cedria, Tunisia)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Bordj-Cedria
Plot: Hof NAS. Row: Ossario 3. Grave: 17.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

01.04.1928: entered service with the Heer (Artillerie)
01.04.1935: transferred to the Luftwaffe and assigned to I./Flak-Rgt. 7
01.10.1935: appointed Adjutant in I./Flak-Rgt. 7 - Wolfenbüttel
08.06.-31.08.1936: ordered temporary duty to the SS
01.10.1936: transferred to Gruppe schwere Flak/Ausbildungsstab FAS Wustrow 15.11.1938: appointed Battr.-Chef in I./Flak-Rgt. 12
1939-03.03.1940: appointed Kdr. Res.Flak-Abt. 122
04.03.1940: transferred to Flak-Etat z.b.V./Luftgau III
03.06.1940: transferred toStab/Flak-Brig. II
15.11.1940-25.02.1941: Generalstab training at the Luftkriegsakademie Berlin-Gatow (4. Kurz-Lehrgang)
26.02.1941: appointed Ia op 2 in Stab/Luftflotte 1
15.08.1941: transferred into the Generalstabd.Lw
01.10.1941: promoted to Major
03.11.1941: transferred to Gen.d.Flakartillerie (L.In.4) in RLM
01.11.1942: appointed Kdr.I./Flak-Rgt. 43
03.1943: Major, Kdr. I./Flak-Rgt. 43
06.04.1943: KIA and posthumously promoted to Oberstleutnant
17.06.1943: Obstlt., Kdr., I./Flak-Rgt. 43 posthumously awarded DKG

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
Unit:
Kommandeur, I. Abteilung, Flak-Regiment 43, 19. Flak-Division
Awarded on:
June 17th, 1943
posthumously awarded
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1943
Ärmelband Afrika

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