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Högerbaum, Fritz (Sturzkampfgeschwader 77)

Date of birth:
May 20th, 1918 (Stieghorst/Westphalia , Germany)
Date of death:
April 18th, 1942 (Balakleja/Balakliia, Kharkov/Kharkiv /Ukrainian SSR, USSR)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

18.02.1942: Unteroffizier, 2./ St.G 77, WIA when Ju 87, Fl.Pl. Charkow-Nord was downed by the soviet Flak his Bordfunker Obergefreiter Josef Baier was also WIA

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier
Unit:
2. Staffel, I. Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 77, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
August 21st, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier
Unit:
Flugzeugführer
Awarded on:
April 2nd, 1942
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg

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