Decorations

Luftwaffe Combat clasp in Silver

Frontflugspange in Silver



This was a Luftwaffe decoration available in Bronze, Silver and Gold with possible upgrade to Diamonds.

Requirements for each grade were as follows:

  • Bronze. 20 flown missions
  • Silver. 60 flown missions
  • Gold. 110 flown missions

The clasp was awarded for missions in a variety of aircraft, including day fighters, night fighters, bombers and reconnaissance.

Decorations ordered by last name

See this list sorted by date


Commander and rankAgeCrewDate  U-boat Command(s) held *
Oblt. Basse, Georg-Wilhelm +233620 Jun 1941  
Kptlt. Becker, Richard323413 Mar 1943  U-218

Ltn. Lehsten, Detlef von2437b   

3 U-boat Commanders decorated with Luftwaffe Combat clasp in Silver (Frontflugspange in Silver) located.

Legend:
+ Indicates the Officer died in the war.
* Commands held indicates the U-boat commands held by this officer before award date. In some cases the officer had not taken command his first boat yet or was not even in the U-boat force yet.


Note: This listing is still being compiled and some recipients might be missing.

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