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Wipfler, Franz

Date of birth:
September 24th, 1915
Date of death:
November 17th, 1998
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)
Unit:
Zugführer 11./Jäger-Regiment 56 / 5. Jägerdivision
Awarded on:
May 15th, 1942
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Sources

  • Photo 1: Willi Schumacher collection
  • Photo: Willi Schumacher Collection
  • - Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer, Elite of the Third Reich - The Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-45: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, England, 2003
    - Reinicke, A., Die 5. Jäger-Division – Polen, Westfeldzug 1940, Rußland, Das Ende an der Oderfront, Nebel Verlag GmbH, Eggolsheim, Deutschland, 2003
    - das-ritterkreuz.de

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