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Voß, Reimer

Date of birth:
March 20th, 1920 (Burg/Heide/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Date of death:
December 10th, 2015 (Neunkirchen-Seelscheid/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Promotions:
1 april 1942: Oberleutnant
March 1945: Hauptmann
?: Oberstabsapotheker (Bundeswehr)

Military career:
1938: Luftwaffe
1939: LKS Werder
1939: FFS C 5
1940: Grosse KFS 4
1940: BFS 1
1940: 1./KGr. 126
1940: 1./KG 28
1941: 1./SKG 210
1941: 1./KG 26
1942: KSG 2
1943: Staka 1./KG 26
1944: II./KG 26
1944: Staka 4./KG 26
1980: Retired from Bundeswehr

Missions: 245

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
Staffelkapitän 4./Kampfgeschwader 26 "Löwengeschwader", Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
March 12th, 1945
Awarded for his cumulative achievements as a bomber pilot, which included 245 combat missions flown and six ships (totalling 50000 GRT) sunk.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 13th, 1943
Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger in Gold mit Anhänger
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 15th, 1943
Krimschild
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
4. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 26, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
September 24th, 1942

According to the Vorschlag of the Ritterkreuz awarded on 3-10-1942.
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
Kampfschulgeschwader 2, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
March 23rd, 1942

According to the Vorschlag of the Ritterkreuz awarded on 27-3-1942.
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 27th, 1941
Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
December 28th, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 18th, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

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