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Pötter, Joachim

Date of birth:
January 1st, 1913 (Metz, Germany)
Date of death:
November 17th, 1992 (Kronburg, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

His name is sometimes written "Poetter" in the reports
04.1931: entered the Heer - Artillery
1933: attended the officer course
07.03.1934: transferred to the Luftwaffe in Cottbus then in the Kampffliegerschule in Jüterbog
16.04.1935: appointed to the Fliegergruppe 'Finsterwalde'
03.1937: Staffelkapitän in the Kampfgeschwader 255 in Memmingen (renamed KG 51 in 1940)
08.1939: promoted to Hauptmann
10.05.1940: Hptm., chef 7./ KG 51 WIA - He 111 H damaged in combat with French fighter ivo Lyon-Bron
11.1940: promoted to Major - Ergänzungskampfgeschwader 4 (Ju 88)
2304.1941-05.1942: chef 1./ Kampfgeschwader 77
25.10.1941: His Ju 88A-5 Werknummer 3258 coded '3Z + AB' shot down by Russian fighter near Raguj - succeeded in returning to the German lines, where he is hospitalized for some time
05.1942: appointed to the Luftwaffe training school as Gruppenleiter, then Abteilungschef
12.1942: appointed to the Luftwaffe staff
10.1943: promoted to Oberstleutnant
06.1944: in the Führerreserve
26.08.1944: appointed as instructor to the Luftkriegsakademie
Spring 1945: appointed to the 2. Jagd-Division
1955: joined the Bundeswehr
01.01.1959-30.09.1961: Kommandeur, Flugzeugführerschule 'S'
03.1971: retired as Oberst

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:
Kommandeur I./Kampfgeschwader 77
Awarded on:
April 16th, 1942
Awarded for his command and flying achievements over the course of 161 bomber sorties, about half in the West and the other half in the East.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major (Squadron Leader)
Unit:
1./ KG 77
Awarded on:
October 15th, 1941
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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