Date of birth:

October 1st, 1913 (Kiel/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

Date of death:

April 4th, 2000 (Lollar/Hesse, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Rolf Pingel reached the rank of Major. He was a POW to the British from July 10th, 1941.

Flew a total of 350 sorties in the West, as well as 200 in Spain. In this time he achieved 26 aerial victories in WWII and another 4 in Spain.

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• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.