JOPPIEN, Hermann-Friedrich
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Joppien, Hermann-Friedrich Date of birth:  July 19th, 1912 (Bochum, Germany) Date of death:  August 25th, 1941 (near Brjansk, Soviet Union) Nationality:  German BIOGRAPHY:  Hermann-Friedrich Joppien achieved 70 victories in 270 operational sorties.       EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Awarded on: December 13th, 1939         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Awarded on: June 10th, 1940         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: Oberleutnant (Flying Officer) Unit: Staffelkapitän 1. / Jagdgeschwader 51 Awarded on: September 16th, 1940 Details: 119th Award.         WEHRMACHTBERICHT Awarded on: April 22nd, 1941         RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB Rank: Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant) Unit: Kommandeur I. / Jagdgeschwader 51 Awarded on: April 23rd, 1941 Details: 11th Award.         WEHRMACHTBERICHT Awarded on: July 1st, 1941         WEHRMACHTBERICHT Awarded on: August 29th, 1941         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Willi Schumacher Collection 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 - Aces of the Luftwaffe