Fick, Ernst

Date of birth:: August 13th, 1912 (Weidenau/Prussia, Germany)
Date of death:: July 27th, 1942 (northwest of Kalatsch-Rubeshnyi/Russian SFSR, USSR)
Nationality:: German

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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:: Flugzeugführer
Awarded on:: August 24th, 1942

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:: Staffelkapitän, 6. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann", Luftwaffe
Awarded on:: September 19th, 1942

Awarded for his successes over the course of 220+ sorties. These included the scoring of a direct hit on the aircraft carrier "HMS Illustrious" and the sinking of a destroyer in the Mediterranean at a later date. He also rescued 5 crews from behind enemy lines or no-man's land.

Awarded posthumously.

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- FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- OBERMAIER, ERNST, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Verlag Dieter Hoffmann, Mainz, 1976.
- PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008.

Fick, Ernst

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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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