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Honsberg, Werner
Honsberg, Werner
Date of birth:
February 15th, 1914 (Eberswalde/Brandenburg, Germany)
Date of death:
October 28th, 2008 (Stuttgart/Baden-Württemberg , Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, German Reich)
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Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel
Unit:
Flugzeugführer 1. / Sturzkampfgeschwader 77
Awarded on:
July 20th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:
1. Staffel
,
I. Gruppe
,
Sturzkampfgeschwader 77
,
Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
May 17th, 1943
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer
,
1.Staffel
,
I. Gruppe
,
Schlachtgeschwader 77
,
Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
July 20th, 1944
Action:
Awarded after flying 700 ground attack sorties. By this time he had managed to destroy 30 tanks, 1 armoured train and 2 supply barges on the Volga. He was also credited with damaging a Soviet cruiser.
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
Photo 1: Mark C. Yerger
Photo: Mark C. Yerger archive
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FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003
.
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OBERMAIER, ERNST, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Verlag Dieter Hoffmann, Mainz, 1976
.
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PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001
.
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PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008
.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Ritterkreuz Archiv II/2009, Veit Scherzer, Ranis, Juni 2009, ISSN 1866-4709
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das-ritterkreuz.de
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