OESAU, Walter  
 
PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Oesau, Walter
Date of birth: June 28th, 1913 (Farnewinkel-Meldorf/Holstein, Germany)
Date of death:  May 11th, 1944 (near St. Vith/Liège, Belgium)
Nationality:  German
BIOGRAPHY: 
Achived 125 victories (of which 8 during the Spanish Civil War) in about 300 sorties (of which 130 during the Spanish Civil War).
     
SPANIENKREUZ, GOLD MIT SCHWERTERN UND BRILLIANTEN
 
     
VERWUNDETENABZEICHEN CONDOR LEGION
 
     
EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE
Awarded on: May 15th, 1940
 
     
EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE
Awarded on: May 20th, 1940
 
     
RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES
Rank: Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit: Staffelkapitän 7. / Jagdgeschwader 51
Awarded on: August 20th, 1940
Details: 102nd Award.
 
     
WEHRMACHTBERICHT
Awarded on: September 6th, 1940
 
     
WEHRMACHTBERICHT
Awarded on: February 6th, 1941
 
     
RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB
Rank: Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit: Gruppenkommandeur III. / Jagdgeschwader 3 (Squadron Leader III. / Jagdgeschwader 3)
Awarded on: February 6th, 1941
Details: 9th Award.
 
     
WEHRMACHTBERICHT
Awarded on: July 4th, 1941
 
     
RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB UND SCHWERTERN
Rank: Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit: Kommandeur III. / Jagdgeschwader 3
Awarded on: July 15th, 1941
Details: 3rd Award.
 
     
WEHRMACHTBERICHT
Awarded on: October 27th, 1941
 
     
KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD
Rank: Oberstleutnant
Unit: Jafü 4
Awarded on: October 17th, 1943
Details: Award 1/273.
 
     
WEHRMACHTBERICHT
Awarded on: May 15th, 1944
 
     
GEMEINSAMES FLUGZEUGFUHRER-BEOBACHTER ABZEICHEN MIT BRILLIANTEN
 
 
 
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Picture source:   - Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv
Information source(s):   - 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
- Luftwaffe Experten
   
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