Date of birth:

May 13th, 1915 (Brandenburg an der Havel/Brandenburg, Germany)

Date of death:

January 10th, 1941 (near Malta, Mediterranean)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Gerhard Grenzel finally reached the rank of Leutnant.

00.09.1939: in I./ St.G. 1
08.05.1940: Uffz. in 2./ St.G. 1, awarded Ritterkreuz for his success against Allied surface forces in the North Sea particularly off the coast of Norway, and promoted to Feldwebel.
10.01.1941: Leutnant in 2./ St.G. 1, KIA - Ju 87 R-1 Werknummer 5854 coded 'A5+DK' crashed in area of Pantelleria during an attack on British ships of convoy Excess near Malta
The first NCO and Stuka pilot to receive the RK.
Total number of missions, unknown.
Polish Campaign & Channel pilot.

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• Photo: Sergeant Gerhard Grenzel, 2./Stuka-Geschwader 1, con la Croce del Cavaliere. La data indica la data di assegnazione Foto stock - Alamy
  
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  - OBERMAIER, ERNST, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Verlag Dieter Hoffmann, Mainz, 1976.