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| PERSONALIA |
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| Name: |
Kiel, Johannes |
| Date of birth: | April 14th, 1912 (Kiel/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
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January 29th, 1944 (Kirchheimbolanden/Palatinate, Germany)
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BIOGRAPHY:
Johannes Kiel was shot down on 29th January 1944 near Kirchheimbolanden as Hauptmann and Kommandeur III. / Zerstörergeschwader 76.
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DEUTSCHES KREUZ IN GOLD
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Rank:
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Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
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Unit:
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II. / Zerstörergeschwader 26
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Awarded on:
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February 4th, 1942
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RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES
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Rank:
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Oberleutnant der Reserve (1st Lieutenant of Reserves)
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Unit:
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Flugzeugführer I. / Zerstörergeschwader 26 "Horst Wessel"
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Awarded on:
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March 18th, 1942
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| Information source(s): |
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
- Patzwall K.D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Studien zur Geschichte der Auszeichnungen, Band 6, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008, ISBN 978-3-931533-08-3
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