Schenck, Wolfgang "Bombo" (Zerstörergeschwader 1)
- Date of birth:
- February 7th, 1913 (Windhoek, German Southwestern-Afrika)
- Date of death:
- March 5th, 2010 (Marburg, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Wolfgang Schenck was a veteran of light bombers, heavy bombers, dive bombers and jet fighter-bombers. He successfully completed over 400 missions in bombers and 40 missions in the Me 262 jet and as an Oberstleutnant was the Inspector of Jet Aircraft. During operations against England he succeeded in sinking 38,000 tons of shipping. He served with ZG-1, SG-2 and KG-515 (Me262) and achieved 18 aerial victories. He also destroyed 15 tanks on the Eastern front.
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Flugzeugführerabzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 23rd, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 25th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer
- Awarded on:
- December 22nd, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän, 1. Staffel, Schnellkampfgeschwader 210
- Awarded on:
- August 14th, 1941
281st Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 7th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, I. Gruppe, Zerstörergeschwader 1
- Awarded on:
- October 30th, 1942
139th Award.
Sources
- Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
- - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GüNTER, Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1998.
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Die träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eiserne Kreuz 1939 - 1945
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