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Bethge, Wolfgang (Lehrgeschwader 1)

Date of birth:
August 30th, 1912 (Stuttgart/Württemberg, Germany)
Date of death:
October 25th, 1944 (Flughafen Marx)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Wilhelmshaven
Plot: Ea. Grave: 356.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

01.05.1939: promoted to Oberleutnant - RDA 01.04.1939
01.08.1939: Oberleutnant, Schule, Flieger-Ausbildungs-Regiment 24
24.06.1941: Oblt., Staka, 3. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader. 100
03.11.1941: Oblt., awarded the Ehrenpokal
01.08.1942: promoted to Hauptmann
22.04.1943: in Kampfgeschwader 53, transferred to IV. Gruppe, Lehrgeschwader 1
00.00.1943-00.10.1943: Hptm., Staka, 1. Staffel, LG 1
00.10.1943-00.01.1944: Hptm., Staka, 6. Staffel, LG 1
25.10.1944-26.10.1944: Hptm., 10. Staffel, NJG 3, killed in crash due to motor problems during ferry flight, near Flughaffen Marx with Ju 88 G-6 Werknummer 620.391 coded 'D5+DF' - remaining crew :
-Oberfeldwebel Eberhard Lotalla (o03.02.1913 Breslau), KIC
-Uffz Gennart, KIC
-Oberfeldwebel Helmut Brenk (o06.12.1917 Negis), KIC

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
Staffelkapitän
Awarded on:
November 3rd, 1941
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg

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