Pictures of award ceremony of Sturzkampfgeschwader 3 (StG 3) which were held On 5 October 1942 at Agag
el Qasaba airfield in Egypt. These pictures are made by Kriegsberichter Hans Gross from Luftwaffe K.B.K. 7. Presented the awards is Generalmajor Hans Seidemann (Fliegerführer Afrika). The recipients are:
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes:
1. Oberleutnant Hans von Bargen (Adjutant I.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3)
2. Oberleutnant Herbert Stry (Flugzeugführer in 5.Staffel / II.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3)
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold:
3. Oberfeldwebel Karl Konsorke (Flugzeugführer in 7.Staffel / III.Gruppe /
Sturzkampfgeschwader 3)
4. Leutnant Hubert Pölz (Flugzeugführer in
III.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3)
5. Leutnant Alexander Heim
(Flugzeugführer in 9.Staffel / III.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3)
Arrival of Generalmajor Hans Seidemann (Fliegerführer Afrika) on the airfield of Agag el Qasaba in Egypt. The aircraft is a Fieseler Fi 156 "Storch".
Generalmajor Hans Seidemann (Fliegerführer Afrika). In the background is his personal transport aircraft, a Fieseler Fi 156 "Storch".
Two new Ritterkreuzträger, from left to right: Oberleutnant Hans von Bargen (Adjutant I.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3) and Oberleutnant Herbert Stry (Flugzeugführer in 5.Staffel / II.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3). Von Bargen already received the award announcement from 19 September 1942 (awarded after flying 200 ground attack sorties), while Stry from 24 September 1942 (awarded after flying 305 ground attack sorties).
Generalmajor Hans Seidemann (Fliegerführer Afrika) presents the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes to Oberleutnant Hans von Bargen (Adjutant I.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3).
Generalmajor Hans Seidemann (Fliegerführer Afrika) presents the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes to Oberleutnant Herbert Stry (Flugzeugführer in 5.Staffel / II.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3).
Oberfeldwebel Karl Konsorke (Flugzeugführer in 7.Staffel / III.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3) receives the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold from Generalmajor Hans Seidemann (Fliegerführer Afrika). He already received the award announcement from 25 September 1942.
Leutnant Hubert Pölz (left, Flugzeugführer in III.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3) and Leutnant Alexander Heim (saluting, Flugzeugführer in 9.Staffel / III.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3) have just received the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (German Cross in Gold) from the hand of Generalmajor Hans Seidemann (Fliegerführer Afrika). Pölz and Heim themselves have already received the award announcement from 25 September 1942.
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