Steinberger, Siegfried (Nah-Aufklärungsgruppe)

Date of birth:: August 15th, 1917
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

01.09.1938: promoted to Leutnant (Tr.O.) with RDA 01.01.1939
22.11.1939: Leutnant, I./ JG 2 placed at the disposal of Gen.d.Lw. beim Ob.d.H., then 5.(H)/ Aufkl.Gr. 12
16.06.1940: Leutnant, 1.(H)/ Aufkl.Gr. 12 lightly WIA - Hs 126 damaged by AA over Dammarie-lè-Lys, South of Melun - France
01.09.1940: promoted to Oberleutnant
01.04.1943: in 2./ NAGr. 2, promoted to Hauptmann
17.06.1943: in Offiziere z.b.V./Ob.d.L.(Sch.Etat), transferred to NAG 102
11.1943-02.1944: appointed Staka 2./ NAGr. 2
20.03.1944: Hauptmann, awarded DKiG,unspecified Aufkl.Gr.
28.12.1944-05.02.1945: Hauptmann, appointed Staka 5./ NAG 102
05.02.-11.03.1945: Hauptmann, appointed Staka 5./ Aufkl.Geschw. 103
07.1945/ released as a POW of the British in Schl./Holstein

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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:: Aufklärungsgruppe 2
Awarded on:: March 20th, 1944

Sources

- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht - TITLE