Strobel, Paul (KG 4)
- Date of birth:
- April 9th, 1909 (Hohenhausen/Thorn, Germany)
- Date of death:
- September 19th, 1943 (Orscha/Lenino, Belarus)
- Nationality:
- German
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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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- November 22nd, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 8th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel
- Unit:
- III. / Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever"
- Awarded on:
- June 15th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- III. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever", Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- June 20th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- February 4th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- I. Gruppe, Kampf-Geschwader 4
- Awarded on:
- May 4th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 3rd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel
- Unit:
- III. / Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever"
- Awarded on:
- June 4th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 15th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Unit:
- III. / Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever"
- Awarded on:
- September 11th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- III. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Weaver"
- Awarded on:
- March 26th, 1944
Awarded posthumously.
Preliminary document dated April 19th 1944.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Igor Poul
- - URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
- Preliminary Award document for the RK
- Documents for Frontflugspangen
- Document for Verwundetenabzeichen
- Verleihungsurkunde Ehrenpokal
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