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Zink, Dieter (JG 3)

Date of birth:
August 11th, 1922
Date of death:
November 19th, 2000
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

(n.d.) in IV./JG 3
10.02.1944: Lt., Stab IV./ JG 3 unhurt - Bf 109 G-6 bailed out vic Almelo, 20 km NW of Enschede after combat
09.04.1944: Lt., Stab IV./ JG 3
22.04.1944: Lt., Stab/ JG 3
12.05.1944: Lt., Stab/ JG 3
01.06.1944: Lt. and Adj. in Stab/ JG 3, WIA - Bf 109 G-6 crashed on take-off from Magdeburg
00.06.44-11.07.1944: Lt., appt Staka 9./ JG 3
11.07.1944: Lt., Stafü 9./JG 3 POW - Bf 109 G-6 (Yellow 13 + I) after crashing vic Breteville-sur-Odon, 5 km SW of Caen, shot down by AA - bailed out
01.08.1944: promo to Oberleutnant /A1
01.08.1944: officially still listed as MIA
01.01.1945: Lt., awarded DKiG, unspecified JG
Credited with 11 victories

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
Jagdgeschwader
Awarded on:
January 1st, 1945
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 1944
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz

Sources

  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht

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