Date of birth:

December 7th, 1909 (Neustadt/Donau, Germany)

Date of death:

October 12th, 1942 (Belorecenskaja/Maikop, Soviet Union)

Nationality:

German

Alfons Olthofer died on October 12th, 1942. At that moment he served as Kommodore Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 with the rank of Major. By this time he had flown a total of 437 sorties. He was posthumously promoted to Oberstleutnant.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)

Unit:

Kommandeur, II. Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 77, Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

November 23rd, 1941

Awarded in recognition of his personal and command achievements as a Stuka Gruppe commander. By the time of his award of the Knight's Cross he had flown about 150 sorties. His Gruppe had by that point destroyed the following...

- 10 warships (including a cruiser) in the Black Sea
- 27 support ships with a total of 50000 GRT (also in the Black Sea)
- 140 tanks
- 45 Flak positions
- 43 field gun positions.

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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.
  - Andrew Straube via Death-Cards.com