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September 28th, 2016





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Luftwaffe Honor Goblet / Recipients 1940




Below you can find the the recipients for the Luftwaffe Honor Goblet, awarded in the year 1940. The list is not yet complete. Additions are always welcome. Any addition should be accompanied with sufficient proof.
German Cross in Gold
Schultz, Ludwig

July 8th, 1940; Major
(Source: Ehrenpokal)
Mix, Erich
(Labuhnken/West Prussia/Prussia, June 27th, 1898 -
Wiesbaden/Hesse/Germany, April 9th, 1971)

September 5th, 1940; Major, Kommandeur, Jagdgeschwader 2
(Source: Ehrenpokal/Verleihungsurkunde)
Herrmann, Hans-Joachim "Hajo"

September 28th, 1940; Oberleutnant, Staffelkapitän, 7. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 4
(Source: Ehrenpokal)
Gottschalk, Reinhold

October 6th, 1940; Hauptmann, Staffelführer, 1. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 28
(Source: Ehrenpokal/Verleihungsurkunde)
Heinrich, Otto

October 6th, 1940; Leutnant
(Source: Ehrenpokal)
[of note : not the same as DKiG recipient Otto Heinrich, who was with Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 and was mentioned in the Ehrenliste der Deutschen Luftwaffe, for receiving the Ehrenpokal, on 04-05-1942 as Obergefreiter]
Kämper, Heinrich

October 6th, 1940; Oberfeldwebel
(Source: Ehrenpokal)
Ochs, Albrecht Otto Bismarck

October 11th, 1940; Hauptmann; Staffelkapitän 9. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 3 (from October 1st, formally 3. Ergänzungsstaffel, Jagdgruppe 3)
Date published on the awarding document
Kaufmann, Erich

October 20th, 1940; Major, I. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 53
(Source: Verleihungsurkunde)
Beust, Freiherr von, Hans-Henning

October 24th, 1940; Hauptmann, Kommandeur III. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 27
(Source: Verleihungsurkunde)
Adolph, Walter
(Fontanelle-Bacau/Romenia, June 11th, 1913 -
Blankenbergen/Belgium, September 18th, 1941)
October 26th, 1940; Hauptmann, Kommandeur II. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 26
(Source: Ehrenpokal, awarding was published in the Ehrenliste der Deutschen Luftwaffe on November 13th, 1940)
(Source photo: Andrew Straube via www.Death-Cards.com)
Döring, Richard

November 4th, 1940; Unteroffizier
(Source: Ehrenpokal)
Krüger, Helmuth

November 4th, 1940
(Source: Verleihungsurkunde)
Meier, Fritz

November 4th, 1940; Oberfeldwebel
(Source: Ehrenpokal)
Druschel, Alfred
(Bindsachen/Upper Hesse/Germany, February 4th, 1917
Missing during action Bodenplatte/Belgium, January 1st, 1945)
November 30th, 1940;
(Source: Ehrenpokal)
Harmeling, Josef

November 30th, 1940; Oberfeldwebel, 4. (Schlacht) Staffel, Lehrgeschwader 2
(Source: Verleihungsurkunde)
Brans, Hans-Joachim

December 19th, 1940; Oberleutnant
(Source: Ehrenpokal/Verleihungsurkunde
Eckerle, Franz

December 19th, 1940; Oberleutnant, 1. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 54 "Grünherz"
(Source: Verleihungsurkunde)



Text: Wilco Vermeer
Sources:
- Patzwall, K.D.; Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Studien zur geschichte der Auszeichnungen, Band 6, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008
- WW2Awards (Retrieved May 8th, 2015)
 
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