Huber, Josef (Sturzkampfgeschwader 77)
- Date of birth:
- July 18th, 1915 (Kempten/Bavaria, Germany)
- Date of death:
- May 24th, 2008 (Kempten/Bavaria, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, German Reich)
Biography
Flew a total of 721 sorties with the Ju 87 on the central and southern portions of the Eastern front. He was credited with the destruction of 46 tanks, 2 armoured trains and 2 important bridges.
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Spanienkreuz, Bronze mit Schwertern
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 6th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 6th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- November 2nd, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel (Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer
- Awarded on:
- June 1st, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel (Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, 2. Staffel, I. Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 77, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- August 21st, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, 8.Staffel, III. Gruppe, Schlachtgeschwader 77, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- July 20th, 1944
Awarded after flying over 600 ground attack sorties.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
- Photo: Willi Schumacher Collection
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- MAERZ, D, the german cross, B&B Publishing, Richmond, 2009.
- OBERMAIER, ERNST, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Verlag Dieter Hoffmann, Mainz, 1976.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008.
- Notice of death
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