Alwin Boerst
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| Alwin Boerst | |
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| 20 October 1910 — 30 March 1944 (aged 33) | |
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| Place of birth | Osterode |
| Place of death | near Iaşi |
| Allegiance |  Nazi Germany |
| Service/branch | Heer (1934-1937) Luftwaffe (1937-1944) |
| Years of service | 1934-1944 |
| Rank | Major |
| Unit | StG 2 |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords (posthumous) |
Major Alwin Boerst (born 20 October 1910 in Osterode – Killed in action 30 March 1944 near Iaşi) was a German World War II Luftwaffe Stuka ace[1].
Boerst participated in the Battle of Crete and assisted in the sinking of HMS Kelly and HMS Kashmir[2].
Together with his radio operator and gunner, Ernst Filius, he took off on March 30, 1944 for the first time flying a Ju 87 G-1 tank buster. They were shot down and killed during this mission north of Iaşi by ground fire. Oberfeldwebel Filius was posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on May 19, 1944. Boerst was posthumous honoured with the Swords to his Knight's Cross on April 6, 1944[3].
[edit] Awards
- Verwundetenabzeichen in Black
- Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold with Pennant "1.000"
- "Kreta" Cuffband
- German Cross in Gold (5 June 1942)
- Iron Cross
- 2. class (1939)
- 1. class (1940)
- Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe
- Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
- Knight's Cross (5 October 1941)
- 149. Oak Leaves (28 November 1942)
- 61. Swords (6 April 1944 posthumous)
[edit] References
- ^ For a list of Luftwaffe ground attack aces see List of German World War II Ground Attack aces
- ^ Berger 2006, p. 39
- ^ Brütting 1992, p. 103
- Lexikon der Wehrmacht. Alwin Boerst. Retrieved on 10 July 2007.
- Berger, Florian, Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges. Selbstverlag Florian Berger, 2006. ISBN 3-9501307-0-5.
- Brütting, Georg. Das waren die deutschen Stuka-Asse 1939 - 1945. Motorbuch, Stuttgart, 1995. ISBN 3-87943-433-6.
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
- Patzwall, Klaus D. and Scherzer, Veit. Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 - 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II. Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, 2001. ISBN 3-931533-45-X.
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