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Wilhelm Becker

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Years of service
  
1941–45

Unit
  
II./Flak-Regiment 43

Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe

Rank
  
Unteroffizier

Name
  
Wilhelm Becker

Died
  
12 March 1945(1945-03-12) (aged 24) Dortmund

Nikotinentfernung Carl Faust ,Wilhelm Becker von der Galerie Wehr Pulheim


Wilhelm Edmund Becker (31 December 1920 – 12 March 1945) was a highly decorated Unteroffizier in the Luftwaffe during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Becker was killed on 12 March 1945 in Dortmund while manning his anti-aircraft gun.

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Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (24 December 1942)
  • 1st Class
  • Ground Assault Badge of the Luftwaffe (28 April 1943)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black (25 July 1943)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 May 1944 as Unteroffizier and Geschutzfuhrer (gun layer) in the II./Flak-Regiment 43

    • References

    Wilhelm Becker Wikipedia
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