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| PERSONALIA |
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| Name: |
Köppen, Gerhard |
| Date of birth: | May 17th, 1918 (Holzendorf/Brandenburg, Germany)
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May 5th, 1942 (over the lake of Asowschen, Soviet Union)
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German |
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BIOGRAPHY:
Gerhard Köppen achieved a total of 85 victories in over 380 operational sorties.
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DEUTSCHES KREUZ IN GOLD
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Rank:
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Feldwebel
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8. / Jagdgeschwader 52
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Awarded on:
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December 15th, 1941
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Award 2/10.
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RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB
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Rank:
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Feldwebel
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Flugzeugführer 8. / Jagdgeschwader 52
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Awarded on:
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February 27th, 1942
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Details:
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79th Award.
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| Picture source: |
- Wilco Vermeer collection
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| Information source(s): |
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- 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
- Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945
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