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KRUPINSKI, Walter |
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| PERSONALIA |
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| Name: |
Krupinski, Walter |
| Date of birth: | November 11th, 1920 (Damnau-Friedland/Eastern Prussia, Germany)
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| Date of death: |
October 7th, 2000 (Neunkirchen-Seelscheid, Germany)
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German |
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BIOGRAPHY:
Walter Kupinski achieved 197 victories in over 1100 operational sorties during the Second World War. After the war he served with the Bundeswehr from 1955 until 9th November 1976, where he finally reached the rank of Generalleutnant. |
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RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES
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Rank:
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Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
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Unit:
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Flugzeugführer 6. / Jagdgeschwader 52
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Awarded on:
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October 29th, 1942
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Details:
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627th Award.
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RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB
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Rank:
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Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
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Unit:
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Staffelkapitän 7. / Jagdgeschwader 52
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Awarded on:
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March 2nd, 1944
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Details:
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415th Award.
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| Picture source: |
- Willi Schumacher Collection
- Bundeswehr photo: Beyerlein sammlung
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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
- Aces of the Luftwaffe
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