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Banholzer, Alfred

Date of birth:
September 8th, 1912 (Wellendingen/Württemberg, Germany)
Date of death:
December 27th, 1980 (Wellendingen/Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:
Staffelkapitän, 1. Staffel, I. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 55, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
January 14th, 1945
Awarded after flying 318 sorties (counted as 350 front flights) as a bomber and transport pilot on the Eastern front.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 5th, 1944
Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger in Gold mit Anhänger
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:
3. Staffel, I. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 55, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
October 27th, 1943

According to the Vorschlag of the Ritterkreuz awarded on 27-11-1943.
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:
Beobachter 3./Kampfgeschwader 55
Awarded on:
July 26th, 1943

According to the Vorschlag of the Ritterkreuz awarded on 7-6-1943
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 9th, 1943
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 8th, 1943
Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
January 14th, 1943
Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger in Bronze
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
January 6th, 1943
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

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