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Thiel, Erich (Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke")

Date of birth:
June 14th, 1912 (Heinrode, Stuhm, Westprussia, Germany)
Date of death:
April 22nd, 1943 (Over the Black Sea, south of Anapa)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

22.04.1943: Major, Kommandeur, III. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke", when He 111H-16 Werknummer 8476 coded '1G+AD' was shot down by fighters 20km South of Anapa, 3km from the coastline in Pl.Qu. 7532
Remaining crew, all KIA
-Kampfbeobachter Fw Heins, Günther
-Bordmechaniker Uffz Prätorius, Wilhelm
-Bordschütze Uffz Deutsch, Hans

Pilot credited with a total of about 400 combat missions, of which ~100 were in the West.

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Flugzeugführerabzeichen
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
Period:
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
I. Gruppe, K/88, Legion Condor
Medalla de la Campaña de España 1936-1939
Period:
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
Awarded on:
1939
Cruz de Guerra Cross
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
Staffelkapitän, 7. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke", Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
July 23rd, 1941
Awarded after 137 sorties.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:
Führer, III. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke", Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
September 24th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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