Harbig, Rudolf Waldemar (Fallschirmjäger-Reg.6)
- Date of birth:
- November 8th, 1913 (Dresden/Saxony, Germany)
- Date of death:
- March 5th, 1944 (Olchowez-Swenyhorodka, Boguslaw, Ukraine, Soviet Union)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery Kiev-Syrez
Grave: UNK.
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Rudolf Waldemar Harbig ws a German Athlete who on the Olympic Games of 1936 won the bronze medal with the 4x400 m staffel. From 1936 until 1941 he was the German champion at the 800 m and in 1942 German champion at the 400 m. In 1938 in Paris he received golf at the 800 m and at the 4x400 m staffel at the European championships. TDuring the Second World War he served as a paratrooper Oberfeldwebel and was reported missing in action on March 5th, 1944..
Bevorderingen:
?: Oberfeldwebel.
Loopbaan
?: Fallschirmschule III, FLiegerhorst Braunschweig-Brotzem;
?: 2. Kompanie, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 6.
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- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)
- Unit:
- 2. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 6, 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- July 6th, 1944
posthumously awarded
Sources
- - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Band I, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2007.
- Newspaper article DKiG awarding.
- Ritterkreuz Archiv II/2010, Veit Scherzer, Ranis, Juni 2010, ISSN 1866-4709
- Rudolf Waldemar Harbig | Gräbersuche-Online