Full nama: Otto Leupert
Nickname: unknown
Date of Birth: 6 February 1915 at Höchheim an der Saale, Bayern (German Empire)
Date of Death: 26 August 1944 at Airfield Brussels (Belgium)
NSDAP Number: unknown
SS Number: unknown
Academic Title: unknown
Family Member: unknown
Physical Feature: unknown
Beförderungen (Promotion):
01.04.1943 Leutnant (RDA advanced to 01.04.1942)
Karriere (Career):
29.11.1935 Entered the Luftwaffe, began training with Flieger-Ersatz-Abteilung 13
00.00.1937 Transferred to Flieger-Ausbildungs-Regiment 62
Spring 1940 Transferred to Fliegerführerschule C (FFS C) 6
Summer 1940 Transferred to I.Gruppe (Kampf) / Lehrgeschwader 1 (LG 1)
Orden und Ehrenzeichen (Medals and Decorations):
00.00.19__ Eisernes Kreuz II.Klasse
00.00.19__ Eisernes Kreuz I.Klasse
00.00.19__ Flugzeugführerabzeichen
00.00.194_ Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger
00.00.194_ Royal Bulgarian Pilot's Badge
19.03.1942 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
22.01.1943 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, as Oberfeldwebel and Flugzeugführer in 1.Staffel (Kampf) / I.Gruppe / Lehrgeschwader 1. Awarded for his successes in attacks on Allied shipping in the Mediterranean.
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* Flew a total of 634 front flights during World War II.
* Otto Leupert and his crew died at Brussels Airfield after returning from a bombing mission in the south of Paris on August 26, 1944. His Ju 88 S-1 (L1+BK) collided with a Ju 188 of KG 6 on landing approach. He was buried at German War Cemetery Lommel, Belgium, Plot: 46. Grave: 361.
* Possible promotion to Oberleutnant (unconfirmed)
Leutnant Otto Leupert (Flugzeugführer in 1.Staffel (Kampf) / I.Gruppe / Lehrgeschwader 1) pictured in April 1944 by Kriegsberichter Hans Gross of Luftwaffenkommando Südost.
Source :
"Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries" by Henry L. deZeng IV and Douglas G. Stankey
https://imagesdefense.gouv.fr/fr/catalogsearch/result/?q=otto+leupert&avec_visuel=1
https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/24513/Leupert-Otto.htm
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