Date of birth:

January 25th, 1912 (Nurnberg/Mittelfranken, Germany)

Date of death:

January 19th, 1941 (missing over Malte)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Wilhelm Dürbeck was formally declared dead on 31st December 1941.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)

Unit:

Staffelkapitän, 8. Staffel, III. Gruppe, Lehrgeschwader 1, Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

December 3rd, 1940

Awarded for his success in air raids against Great Britain. From the late summer of 1940 he flew a number of difficult lone bombing attacks. One of the most successful such missions was on the 21.10.1940, when he and his crew destroyed a large workshop of an aircraft engine factory in Leyland (near Liverpool).

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

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