Badorrek, Emil (Aufklärungsgruppe 11)
- Date of birth:
- May 6th, 1910 (Opaleniec/East Prussia, Germany)
- Date of death:
- December 26th, 1944 (Cracow, Poland)
- Buried on:
- German War Graves Cracow
Grave: UNK. - Nationality:
- German
Biography
Commander of IV. / Fernaufklärungs-Gruppe 11
Major Emil Badorrek, Kdr, Aufkl.Gr. 3, was shot down with Junker Ju 188D-2 coded "T5 + LK" Werknummer 150.492 over Cracow on December 26th 1944.
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Flugzeugführerabzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 4th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 18th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- December 22nd, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- 2.(Fern) Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe 11, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- April 14th, 1942
Award 14/46.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän, 4.(Fern) Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe 11, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- November 22nd, 1943
947th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major (Squadron Leader)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän, 4.(Fern) Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe 11, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- November 18th, 1944
Awarded for continuing to distinguish himself as a unit commander and pilot within the German aerial reconnaissance units. By war’s end he had flown over 580 sorties.
652nd Award.
652nd Award.
Sources
- Photo 1:
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GüNTER, Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1997.
- 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
- das-Ritterkreuz.de
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