Showing posts with label 5 Flak-Division 9. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 5 Flak-Division 9. Show all posts

Thursday, December 15, 2022

Richard Reimann and Wolfgang Pickert in Sebastopol

Generalleutnant Richard Reimann (centre left, Kommandierender General I. Flakkorps) visiting an anti-aircraft gun emplacement near Sevastopol, spring 1944, beside him, with sunglasses, is Generalleutnant Wolfgang Pickert (Kommandeur 9. Flak-Division). Reimann and Pickert are both Ritterkreuzträger: Reimann received it on 3 April 1943, while Pickert received it on 11 January 1943. The later would also received the Eichenlaub for his Ritterkreuz on 5 June 1944.






Source :
https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Flak-Divisionen/9FlakD.htm
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-events-second-world-war-wwii-russia-1944-1945-crimea-general-richard-28085878.html?imageid=939DAAE9-0BC8-4949-9304-30445E4E5B5F&p=58867&pn=1&searchId=c4745a0a2da0e1059f22abfff9b60f56&searchtype=0
https://www.oocities.org/~orion47/WEHRMACHT/LUFTWAFFE/General/REIMANN_RICHARD.html

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Ritterkreuz Action of Herbert Bartels

Herbert Bartels (15 August 1917 - 1 July 2009) received the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 22 November 1943 as Leutnant and Chef 3.Batterie / Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 293 / Flak-Regiment 42 / 9.Flak-Division. The medal was awarded for distinguishing himself with his Batterie during the combat on the northern Crimean front as the Germans fought to repel Soviet attacks here in the months of October-November 1943. He and his 8.8 cm Flak guns were always requested by the German infantry wherever large Soviet armour concentrations appeared.


Source :
https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/28221/Bartels-Herbert.htm