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Werner Blume

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Years of service
  
?-1942

Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe

Name
  
Werner Blume

Died
  
3 July 1942(1942-07-03) (aged 30) Derna, Libya

Rank
  
Oberleutnant of the Reserves (Posthumously)

Unit
  
Fernaufklarungs-Gruppe 122

Werner Blume (5 August 1911 – 3 July 1942) was a German Luftwaffe reconnaissance pilot and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Werner Blume was killed in action on 3 July 1942 in near Derna, Libya. He was posthumously promoted to Oberleutnant der Reserve.

Awards

  • Flugzeugfuhrerabzeichen
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • German Cross in Gold on 7 February 1942 as Leutnant in the 1.(F)/Aufklarungs-Gruppe 122
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 1 July 1942 as Leutnant and Flugzeugfuhrer in the 1./Fernaufklarungs-Gruppe 122

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