Name Walter Sigel | Years of service 1934–44 | |
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Battles/wars World War IIInvasion of PolandBombing of WielunBattle of BelgiumBattle of FranceBalkans CampaignBattle of CreteNorth African CampaignBattle of GazalaBattle of Anzio Died May 8, 1944, Trondheimsfjord, Norway Service/branch German Army (1934–1935), Luftwaffe (1935–1944) | ||
Commands held Sturzkampfgeschwader 3 | ||
Stuka pilot interview 6 commander walter sigel
Walter Sigel (12 January 1906 – 8 May 1944) was a German air officer during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. Sigel died on 8 May 1944 after crashing his aircraft into Trondheim Fjord.
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- Stuka pilot interview 6 commander walter sigel
- Stuka pilot interview 60 walter sigel and reporter
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Sigel was the commanding officer of Sturzkampfgeschwader 76 during the Junkers Ju 87 dive bombing demonstration at Neuhammer, present-day Świętoszów, Poland, on 15 August 1939. Observing the demonstration were the senior Luftwaffe commanders, including Generals Hugo Sperrle, Bruno Loerzer, and Wolfram von Richthofen. The lower cloud layer, which was believed to be at 900 metres (3,000 ft), was only at 100 metres (330 ft). While Sigel managed to just barely pull out in time, 13 other Ju 87 crews crashed to their death. The event became known as the "Neuhammer Stuka Disaster" (Neuhammer Stuka-Unglück).