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Geiger, August |
| Date of birth: | May 6th, 1920 (Überlingen/Bodensee, Germany)
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September 29th, 1943 (IJsselmeer, the Netherlands)
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German War Cemetery Ysselsteyn
Plot: M. Row: 4. Grave: 83. |
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German |
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BIOGRAPHY:
August Geiger shot down his first enemy plane in the night of July 8th/9th, 1941.
Died in his Messerschmitt Bf 109G-4 in a crash in the IJsselmeer after being shot down by Wing Commander Bob Braham, flying a Bristol Beaufighter IVF..
August Geiger was buried on the Ehrenfriedhof Zijpendaal in Schaarsbergen and was later reburied on Ysselstein.
He was credited for shooting down at least 53 enemy planes.
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DEUTSCHES KREUZ IN GOLD
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Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
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Stafflekapitän 7. / Nachtjagdgeschwader 1
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Awarded on:
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August 31st, 1943
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RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB
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Rank:
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Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
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Kommandeur III. / Nachtjagdgeschwader 1
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Awarded on:
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March 2nd, 1944
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Details:
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416th Award.
Awarded posthumous.
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| Picture source: |
- Wilco Vermeer |
| Information source(s): |
- FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008.
- Willem Tiemans
- Pilotenbunker
- Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.
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