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Clemens Graf von Schönborn Wiesentheid

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Commands held
  
StG 77

Rank
  
Oberst


Years of service
  
–1945

Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe

Name
  
Clemens von

Died
  
30 August 1944(1944-08-30) (aged 39) Sofia, Bulgaria

Clemens Graf von Schönborn-Wiesentheid (3 April 1905 – 30 August 1944) was a German Air Force officer who commanded Air Command Arad and 77th Dive Bomber Wing (StG 77) during the Axis-led invasion of Yugoslavia during World War II. He was killed in a flying accident at Sofia, Bulgaria on 30 August 1944. He was planning to attend a General Staff meeting when his Fieseler Fi 156 Storch crashed for unknown reasons.

Awards

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 21 July 1940 as Major and Geschwaderkommodore of Sturzkampfgeschwader 77

    • References

    Clemens Graf von Schönborn-Wiesentheid Wikipedia
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