Pfaffendorf, Armin (Aufklärungsgruppe 13)
- Date of birth:
- November 16th, 1919 (Elbing/East Prussia, Germany)
- Date of death:
- January 18th, 1944 (Sabolotje, Rjbki-Wischnga, Latvia)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery Riga Beberbeki
Grave: Rezekne. - Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
00.00.1940: Leutnant, began flight training with Heeresaufklärungschule Brieg
25.06.1941: Leutnant, 3.(H)/ Aufkl.Gr. 23 WIA - when his Hs 126 was damaged by
enemy fire ivo Rosseinie
00.06.1941: 3.(H)/ Aufkl.Gr. 23, then 1.(H)/ Aufkl.Gr. 13
22.05.1942: Oberleutnant, awarded Ritterkreuz, 1.(H)/ Aufkl.Gr. 13
00.11.1942: WIA and no longer able to fly
00.12.1942: not yet recovered, he returned to the Heer - 1./ Sturmgeschützabteilung 184
18.01.1944: KIA as Battr.-Chef 1./ Sturmgeschützabteilung 184 – in combat on Hill 166.4 near Rybki-Wishenga
00.00.1944: posthumously promoted to Hauptmann
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Flugzeugführerabzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- 3.(H) Staffel, Aufklärungs-Gruppe 23
- Awarded on:
- June 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, 1.(H) Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe 13, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- May 22nd, 1942
Sources
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- Photo 3:
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
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