SMGP-1497 Werner Roell Luftwaffe Knights Cross Winner
$40.00
1 in stock
Description
3.25×4.75″ post war photo print with genuine post war signature.
From Traces of War:
Roell, Werner
- Date of birth:
- February 8th, 1914 (Ailly-sur-Noye/Picary, France)
- Date of death:
- May 10th, 2008 (Salenstein, Switserland)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Flew a total of 477 sorties, during which he shot down one Soviet bomber and sank one “Frunse” class light cruiser near the Crimea.
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- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- II. / Sturzkampfgeschwader 77
- Awarded on:
- November 24th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän Stabsstaffel / Sturzkampfgeschwader 77
- Awarded on:
- May 25th, 1943
Awarded after flying 440 sorties as a ground attack pilot.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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