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| PERSONALIA |
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| Name: |
Petersen, Herbert |
| Date of birth: | June 12th, 1919 (Wrotzlawken-Kulm/Western Prussia, Germany)
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| Date of death: |
January 1st, 1944 (near Grüngräbchen-Kamenz/Saxony, Germany)
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| Nationality: |
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BIOGRAPHY:
Promotions:
1st April 1940: Leutnant
1st April 1942: Oberleutnant
1st January 1944: Hauptmann (posthumous rewarded with earlier entry date)
Oberleutnant Herbert Petersen did as member 1. / Nachtjagdgeschwader 302 not return from n operational sortie on 14th January 1944. His plane crashed some 60 km southeast of Leipzig and Petersen was killed in the crash.
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EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE
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Rank:
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Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
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Unit:
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7. / Kampfgeschwader 1 "Hindenburg"
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Awarded on:
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January 18th, 1942
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DEUTSCHES KREUZ IN GOLD
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Rank:
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Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
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Unit:
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7. / Kampfgeschwader 1
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Awarded on:
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August 4th, 1942
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| Picture source: |
- H.-P. Rackete
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| Information source(s): |
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- 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
- Award certificates and documents via H.-P. Rackete
- Ehrenliste der Luftwaffe dated 4th August 1942
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