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Schuster, Ferdinand 'Ferdi' (Aufklärungsgruppe 10)

Date of birth:
February 28th, 1920
Date of death:
October 10th, 1942 (Pimentscherny, Kalmykia, Astrakhan)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Rossoshki
Grave: UNK.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

00.00.1939: resided in Hagen / Westf.
01.04.1942: promoted to Oberleutnant /A1
10.10.1942: Oblt., 3.(F)/ Aufkl.Gr. 10, MIA - Ju 88 D-1 coded 'T1+KL' lost to unknown cause in area of Astrakhan - Jelna, possibly rammed by a LaGG-3 piloted by SrLt I.F.kazakov of 572 IAP, who survived.
The Observer, Lt Helmfried Tharandt, is also MIA, and is commemorated in the German War Cem at Rossoschka, Russia, where his name is recorded on Cube 93, Plate 8 with a place of death reported as Kalmückensteppe/Pimentscherny but no VDK burial listing available for Oblt Schuster
16.11.1942: Oblt., (pilot) awarded the Ehrenpokal
01.08.1944: still officially listed as MIA

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer
Awarded on:
November 16th, 1942
posthumous
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg

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