Stepp, Hans Karl
- Date of birth:
- September 2nd, 1914 (Gießen an der Lahn/Hesse, Germany)
- Date of death:
- December 12th, 2006 (Leipzig/Saxony, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Flew a total of ~900 sorties.
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- November 1st, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 15th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Sturzkampfgeschwader
- Awarded on:
- September 9th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- 7. / Sturzkampfgeschwader 2
- Awarded on:
- October 15th, 1941
Award 1/11.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän 7. / Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 “Immelmann”
- Awarded on:
- February 4th, 1942
405th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- February 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- April 25th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberstleutnant (Wing Commander)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur Schlachtgeschwader 2 “Immelmann”
- Awarded on:
- April 27th, 1944
462nd Award
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- OBERMAIER, ERNST, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Verlag Dieter Hoffmann, Mainz, 1976.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008.
- THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1998.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- Documents and Information via Detlev Niemann
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