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Schweizer, Erich (Aufklärungsgruppe 22)

Date of birth:
September 21st, 1917
Date of death:
March 1943
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Kharkiv
Grave: UNK.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

00.00.1939: resided in Württemberg
28.08.1940: Feldwebel d.R., 3.(F)/ Aufkl.Gr. 31
23.07.1942: Leutnant, 2.(F))/ Aufkl.Gr. 22
10.08.1942: Lt., (pilot) awarded the Ehrenpokal
23.12.1942: Lt., 2.(F)/ Aufkl.Gr. 22 awarded the DKiG
00.03.1943: Oberleutnant (Kr.O.), 2.(f)/ Aufkl.Gr. 22, MIA - lost in Kharkov region
00.00.1960: still reported as MIA

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel der Reserve (Sergeant of Reserves)
Unit:
3.(F)/Aufklärungsgruppe 31
Awarded on:
August 28th, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel der Reserve (Sergeant of Reserves)
Unit:
3.(F)/Aufklärungsgruppe 31
Awarded on:
December 1st, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
2.(F)/Aufklärungsgruppe 22
Awarded on:
July 23rd, 1942
Frontflugspange für Aufklärer in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer
Awarded on:
August 10th, 1942
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
2.(F) Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe 22
Awarded on:
December 23rd, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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