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| PERSONALIA |
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| Name: |
Bühligen, Kurt |
| Date of birth: | December 13th, 1917 (Granschütz-Weißenfels/Saxony, Germany)
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| Date of death: |
August 11th, 1985 (Nidda/Hesse, Germany)
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BIOGRAPHY:
Kurt Bühlingen served with the Luftwaffe from 1936 until early 1945. At first he joined the Luftwaffe as a mechanic, but underwent flying training in 1938 and 1939. He was placed with Jagdgeschwader 2 in July 1940 as pilot with the rank of Unteroffizier. In September 1940 he scored his first enemy kill. In December 1942 he claimed his 40th victory while serving with II. / Jagdgeschwader 2 in Tunisia, North Africa. In March 1943 he returned to Europe. A year later he had scored 96 kills and commanded II. / Jagdgeschwader 2 with the rank of Major. Later he led the Jagdgeschwader 2 during fighting on the Eastern Front. As Kommodore of Jagdgeschwader 2, due to an engine failure, he was forced to land in enemy territory in early 1945 and was taken POW by the Soviets. He stayed in imprisonment until 1950.
During his career he shot down 112 enemy planes in over 700 operational flights. He was shot down three times.
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RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES
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Rank:
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Oberfeldwebel
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Unit:
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Flugzeugführer 4. / II. / Jagd-Geschwader 2 "Richthofen"
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Awarded on:
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September 4th, 1941
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Details:
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311th Award.
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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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4. / Jagdgeschwader 2
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Awarded on:
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June 25th, 1943
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Award 1/190.
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RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB
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Major
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Unit:
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Kommandeur II. / Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen"
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Awarded on:
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March 2nd, 1944
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413th Award.
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| Picture source: |
- Mark C. Yerger archive
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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
- Berger F., Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern, Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges, Selbstverlag Florian Berger, 2006
- Lexikon der Wehrmacht
- Ritterkreuztraeger 1939 - 1945
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