Edmund Daser
| Edmund Daser | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1 October 1908 Augsburg, German Empire |
| Died |
6 October 1974 (aged 66) Locarno, Switzerland |
| Allegiance |
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| Service/branch |
 Luftwaffe |
| Rank | Oberstleutnant |
| Unit | KG 40 |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Edmund Daser (1 October 1908 – 6 September 1974) was a German bomber pilot in the Luftwaffe during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II of Nazi Germany. He received this award for the destruction 145,200 gross register tons (GRT) of Allied merchant shipping by his squadron of Kampfgeschwader 40 (KG 40—40th Bomber Wing), of which 58,000 gross register tons (GRT) were sunk by him.[1]
In March 1942, Daser's I. Gruppe (1st group) of KG 40 was moved to Værnes near Trondheim in Norway. Daser had been tasked with providing long-range aerial reconnaissance for Luftflotte 5 (5th Air Fleet) operating against the Arctic convoys. Operations began in May 1942, a Fw 200 spotted convoy PQ 16 on 25 May, in July they spotted convoy PQ 17.[2]
Awards
- Iron Cross (1939)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 21 February 1941 as Hauptmann and Staffelkapitän of the 1./Kampfgeschwader 40[3][4][5]
- German Cross in Gold on 29 June 1942 as Major in a Kampfgeschwader[6]
- Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 22 January 1941
References
Citations
Bibliography
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- Forczyk, Robert (2010). Fw 200 Condor Vs Atlantic Convoy, 1941–43. Oxford; Long Island City, NY:: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84603-917-1.
- Kaiser, Jochen (2010). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger—Band 1 [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Bomber Flyer—Volume 1] (in German and English). Bad Zwischenahn, Germany: Luftfahrtverlag-Start. ISBN 978-3-941437-07-4.
- Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
- Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
- Die Wehrmachtberichte 1939–1945 Band 1, 1. September 1939 bis 31. Dezember 1941 [The Wehrmacht Reports 1939–1945 Volume 1, 1 September 1939 to 31 December 1941] (in German). München, Germany: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. 1985. ISBN 978-3-423-05944-2.