Tegtmeier, Fritz
- Date of birth:
- July 30th, 1917 (Sundern/Westphalia, Germany)
- Date of death:
- April 8th, 1999 (Greven/Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Fritz Tegtmeier achieved 146 victories in over 700 operational sorties, as well as the sinking of two MTBs.
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- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer 2. / Jagdgeschwader 54
- Awarded on:
- March 28th, 1944
Awarded after 99 aerial victories.
Sources
- Photo 1: Known to STIWOT
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
- 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.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Kurowski F., Oberleutnant Otto Kittel, Der erfolgreichste Jagdflieger des Jagdgeschwaders 54, Flechsig Verlag, Würzburg, 2007