Thurner, 'Hans' Johann (Kampf-Geschwader 6)
- Date of birth:
- October 24th, 1918 (Innsbruck, Austria)
- Date of death:
- June 11th, 1944 (St. Pierre-Sur-Dives, France)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery La Cambe
Plot: 9. Row: 4. Grave: 124. - Nationality:
- Austrian
Biography
Flew a total of over 500 combat missions.
00.00.1938: Fahnenjunker, entered the Luftwaffe as Kampfflieger
00.00.1939: Leutnant, 9. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 55
00.06.1940: Battle of England
00.06.1941: Barbarossa
23.06.1941: Leutnant, unhurt, 9.Staffel, KG 55, with He 111P-2 Werknummer 1382 coded "G1 + BT"
02.07.1941: Leutnant, WIA, 9.Staffel, KG 55, with He 111P-2 Werknummer 1382 coded "G1 + BT"
00.09.1942: Oberleutnant, Technischer Offizier, Kampfgeschwader 6
00.07.1943: operations over the Mediterranean Sea and over England
00.01.1944: Kommandeur, I. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 6
01.05.1944: promoted to Hauptmann
11.06.1944: MIA after his 500th mission 10km south east of Saint Pierre sur Dives, France
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Flugzeugführerabzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 18th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 30th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer
- Awarded on:
- April 22nd, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 2nd, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- III. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 55
- Awarded on:
- August 6th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Stab, II. Gruppe, Kampf-Geschwader 55
- Awarded on:
- November 1st, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Kdr, I. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 6
- Awarded on:
- September 17th, 1944
587th award
Sources
- Photo 1:
- - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GüNTER, Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1998.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
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