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Borgards, Hermann (Kü.Fl.Gr. 406)

Date of birth:
February 2nd, 1915 (Duisburg)
Date of death:
February 6th, 1944 (Florö, Bremanger, Norway)
Buried on:
Commonwealth War Graves Bergen
Plot: 3. Row: 4. Grave: 24A.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Torpedostaffel 1./ Ku.Fl.Gr-406

06.02.1944: Oberfeldwebel, 1./ Kü.Fl.Gr. 406, KIA when his Heinkel He 115 B-2 Werknummer 2382 coded "K6+CH" was shot down while on route to Trondheim, by a Norwegian Mosquito piloted by Lt Hans Engebretsen of 333 Sqn near Bremanger, Norway
One engine caught fire and the aircraft crashed burning into the sea at Fröysjoen. Remaining crew:
-Lt Heinrich Scholmann, Observer (MIA)
-Uffz Heinz Piechocki, Radio/Operator (KIA)
-Uffz Konrad Esser, Mechaniker (KIA)
-one unnamed technician

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel (Sergeant)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer
Awarded on:
February 15th, 1943
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg

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