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Strobel, Paul (KG 4)

Date of birth:
April 9th, 1909 (Hohenhausen/Thorn, Germany)
Date of death:
September 19th, 1943 (Orscha/Lenino, Belarus)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

01.10.1930: entered the Reichswehr.
00.00.1938: transferred to the Luftwaffe, training as an observer
00.00.1939: 3./ KG 253
01.05.1939: 3./ KG 4 due to redesignation
03.02.1942: WIA when his He 111 H-16 coded '5J+DL' was attacked by fighters 15 km East of Staraya Rusa
00.04.1942: Leutnant, Stafü 3./ KG 4
00.04.1942: flew 4 supply missions into the Cholm pocket
16.09.1942: IV./ KG 4, observer's course, then stayed with it for months as an instructor
01.06.1943: promoted to Hauptmann (Kr.O./Fl.)
17.07.1943-19.09.1943: Hptm., Staka 7./ KG 4
04.09.1943: Hptm. in 7./ KG 4, WIA
19.09.1943: Hptm., 7./ KG 4 KIA in a mid air collision while climbing through clouds after take-off from Orscha-South with He 111 H-16 coded '5J+DR'
26.03.1944: Hptm., posthumously awarded the Ritterkreuz, Staka 7./ KG 4
Credited with 415 missions

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 22nd, 1939
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
July 8th, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel
Unit:
III. / Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever"
Awarded on:
June 15th, 1941
Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger in Bronze
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:
III. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever", Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
June 20th, 1941
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
February 4th, 1942
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:
I. Gruppe, Kampf-Geschwader 4
Awarded on:
May 4th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 3rd, 1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel
Unit:
III. / Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever"
Awarded on:
June 4th, 1942
Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 15th, 1942
Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger in Gold mit Anhänger
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
III. / Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever"
Awarded on:
September 11th, 1943
Received for wounds inflicted on September 7th 1943.
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:
III. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Weaver"
Awarded on:
March 26th, 1944
Awarded posthumously for the completion of 415 sorties (of which 58 had a duration of 4+ hours and, when double counted, brought his total of front flights flown to 473).

Awarded posthumously.
Preliminary document dated April 19th 1944.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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