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Benoit Douville
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Werner Ostendorff

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Post by Benoit Douville » 19 Feb 2003, 20:22

Here is the story of an amazing officer. Born in the city of Königsberg in 1903, Werner Ostendorff was an officer and skilled pilot in the Reichweir before joining the SS in 1935. During the war he saw action in Poland, France and the Soviet Union, receiving several medals for his bravery. As an officer in the Das Reich Division, Ostendorff participated in the attack on Moscow and in the battle of Yelnya and Kharkov. In 1944, he assumed command of the 7th SS Panzergrenadier Division. Severely wounded during the Normandy Campaign, Ostendorff eventually recovered and took charge of Das Reich on 4 february 1945, at a time when the severely depleted unit was trying to stop the Red Army in Hungary. Wounded again, he died of his injuries in a hospital in Austria and was posthumously awarded the Oak Leaves.

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Post by Requin Marteau » 20 Feb 2003, 09:27

SS GRUF
Werner OSTENDORFF

RITTERKREUZ, 13 September 1941,
Div-Ia (1. Généralstaboffizier)/Reich,
EICHENLAUB, 6 May 1945, à titre posthume, (861),
Division-Kommandeur 2. SS Panzer Division «Das Reich».

Born at Königsberg on 15 August 1903,
Arbitur on 6 March 1923,
Freiw Ost-Preuss Abt «Luck» (May 1919-July 1920),
Work in industry (March 1923-September 1925),
Joint army on 5 November 1925,
IR 1 until March 1934,
Junker (1 April 1926),
Gefreiter (1 August 1927),
Unteroffizier (1 October 1927),
Fähnrich (1 August 1928),
Oberfähnrich (1 August 1929),
Leutnant (1 June 1930),
Zugfhr i. d. II./IR 1,
Oberleutnant (1 July 1933),
NSDAP (4691488),
Tranfered on 1 March 1934 in Deutsch-Luftsportverband as Oberleutnant,
Formed as pilot and observer, accident in an eye, never to become pilot,
Professor of tactic and head of the section "interpretation photographique"
in Fliegertruppe Jüterbog,
Tranfered in SS-VT on 1 October 1935 (257146),
Maried in October 1935,
Professor of tactic at Bad Tölz until 1 April 1938,
SS HSTUF (30 January 1936),
Kdr 4./I./SS Standarte 3 until 1 June 1939,
SS STUBAF (1 June 1939),
Transferred to form the SS Flugabwehr MG Abt, but sent to familiarize with the tactic armoured tanks in August 1939, detached like observer in Pz Div Kempf during the Poland campaign,
Div Ia/SS Verfugungs Division until June 1942,
SS OSTUBAF (13 December 1940),
SS STAF (1 March 1942),
Kdr KG Reich (February-June 1942),
Chef d. Stabes SS Pz Korps until 22 November 1943,
SS OFHR (20 April 1943),
Kdr 17. SS (1 November 1943-January 1944),
BRIG FHR (20 April 1944),
Badly wounded at Carentan on 15 June 1944,
Chef d. Stabes Heeresgruppe Oberrhein (2 December 1944-22 January 1945),
SS GRUF (1 December 1944),
Kdr Das Reich on 10 February 1945,
Wounded in Fire on 9 March 1945 in Hungary,
Died on 4 May, in hôpital of Bad Aussee of the continuations of its wounds.

- DRL Sportabzeichen in Silber,
- Flugzeugführerabzeichen,
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13 März 1938,
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1 Oktober 1938,
- EK-II (19 May 1940),
- EK-I (23 June 1940),
- Ritterkreuz (13 September 1941),
- Deutsche Kreuz in Gold (5 June 1942),
- Ostmedaille,
- Allgemeine Sturmabzeichen,
- Eichenlaub, à titre posthume (6 May 1945).


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