Date of birth:

November 29th, 1909 (Münster, Germany)

Date of death:

September 1st, 1946 (St Mauritz, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

28.08.1939: with 6./ Flak-Rgt. 4
00.05.1940: with 6./ Flak-Rgt. 4
00.08.1942: his battery had destroyed 36 tanks by this point
16.11.1942: Wachtmeister, awarded Ritterkreuz, 6./ Flak-Rgt. 4 (mot)
00.02.1944: his battery had accumulated a score of 50 tanks and 41 aircraft destroyed by this time
26.03.1944: Wachtmeister, awarded Eichenlaub, 6./ Flak-Rgt. 4 (mot)

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Obergefreiter (Corporal)

Unit:

II./Flak-Regiment 4

Awarded on:

July 23rd, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Unteroffizier

Unit:

6./Flak-regiment 4

Awarded on:

February 16th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Wachtmeister

Unit:

6. Batterie, II. Abteilung, Flak-Regiment 4 (mot.), 9. Armee

Awarded on:

November 16th, 1942

The following excerpt describes how Petersen would receive the Knight’s Cross…

“During the heavy defense battles around Rzhev, Wachtmeister Fritz Petersen destroyed 7 enemy tanks on 05.08.1942, 5 on 10.08.1942 and a further 4 on 12.08.1942. Up until the end of August 1942 he knocked out a total of 31 enemy tanks on the Eastern front.”

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Wachtmeister

Unit:

6. Batterie, II. Abteilung, Flak-Regiment 4, 18. Flak-Division

Awarded on:

March 26th, 1944

• Photo 1: Piotr Capala
• - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1991.
  - wehrmacht-awards.com