Bio of Hauptmann Rudolf Abrahamczik (1920-1996)

Full nama: Rudolf Franz Joseph Abrahamczik
Nickname: Rudi
Date of Birth: 17 April 1920 at Kurzendorf, Niederschlesien (Germany)
Date of Death: 4 December 1996 at Ibbenbüren, Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany)
NSDAP Number: unknown
SS Number: unknown
Academic Title: unknown
Family Member: unknown
Physical Feature: unknown

Beförderungen (Promotion):
01.04.1941 Leutnant
01.05.1943 Oberleutnant
01.05.1944 Hauptmann

Karriere (Career):
15.11.1939 Entered the Luftwaffe
09.01.1940 Began to train with Flieger-Ausbildungs-Regiment 61
21.08.1940 Transferred to FFS C 1 (Flugzeugführerschule C 1)
18.12.1940 Transferred to BFS 1 (Blindflugschule 1)
18.01.1941 Transferred to Grosse KFS 4 (Kantonaler Führungsstab 4)
01.04.1941 Member of KG 2 (Kampfgeschwader 2)
21.08.1941 Transferred to 3.Staffel / I.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 2
08.09.1942 Transferred to 6.Staffel / II.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 40
01.04.1943 Appointed Technischer-Offizier of II.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 40
20.06.1943 Transferred to 16.Staffel / V.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 2 due to unit renaming
14.07.1943 Unhurt after bailing out of his Me 410 A-1 (U5+BJ) after having propeller problems
17.09.1943 - 06.02.1944 Staffelkapitän 14.Staffel / V.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 2
06.02.1944 Staffelkapitän 4.Staffel / II.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 51
24.02.1944 - 14.10.1944 Staffelkapitän 12.Staffel / IV.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 51
00.08.1944 Retrained on Me 262
08.10.1944 - 30.04.1945 Staffelkapitän 2.Staffel / I.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 51

Orden und Ehrenzeichen (Medals and Decorations):
00.00.194_ Eisernes Kreuz II.Klasse
00.00.194_ Eisernes Kreuz I.Klasse
00.00.194_ Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger
21.09.1942 Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
12.01.1943 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
29.02.1944 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitän 14.Staffel / V.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 2. Awarded after flying about 165 bombing sorties

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* Rudolf Abrahamczik flew a total of 233 bombing sorties during World War II (including 69 with the Me 262). 69 were flown in the East and 164 in the West. He also flew 7 sorties as a fighter pilot, shooting down 3 aircraft in this capacity.

 

Source :
"Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries" by Henry L. deZeng IV and Douglas G. Stankey
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2369018#p2369018
https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/21454/Abrahamczik-Rudolf.htm