Wolf, Albin
- Date of birth:
- October 28th, 1920 (Naila/Bavaria, Germany)
- Date of death:
- April 2nd, 1944 (Pskow/Pskov Oblast, Russia)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Albin Wolf achieved 142 victories in 416 operational sorties.
April 02nd, 1944: Staka, 6. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 54, killed in action with Fw 190 A-6 Werknummer 551.142 coded "Yellow 4 + -" 20 kilometers (12 miles) south-east of Pskov at 09:30 during an aerial combat at low altitude with a Yakovlev Yak-9 fighter and posthumously promoted to Oberleutnant
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Flugzeugführerabzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 1st, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- January 22nd, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, 6. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 54, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- April 22nd, 1943
Published in the Ehrenliste der Deutschen Luftwaffe on April 30th, 1943.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, 6. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 54, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- October 17th, 1943
Award 23/256.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, 6. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 54, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- November 22nd, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- Staffelführer, 6. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 54, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- April 25th, 1944
464th Award. Awarded posthumously.
Sources
- Photo 1: Wilco Vermeer
- Photo: Wilco Vermeer collection, the Netherlands
- - 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, Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008.
- THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GüNTER, Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1998.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- Kurowski F., Oberleutnant Otto Kittel, Der erfolgreichste Jagdflieger des Jagdgeschwaders 54, Flechsig Verlag, Würzburg, 2007
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