Siegfried Barth was a German bomber pilot in the Luftwaffe during World War II and commander of the fighter-bomber wing Jagdbombergeschwader 32 of the German Air Force.
13 Facts About Siegfried Barth
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Siegfried Barth was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, awarded by Nazi Germany to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.
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Gruppe was formed on 1 April 1940, Siegfried Barth joined the 4.
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Siegfried Barth flew his first combat missions in the Battle of France, bombing airfields and shipping off Dunkirk for which he was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class on 17 July 1940.
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Siegfried Barth was promoted to Oberleutnant and following Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941, flew in the southern sector of the Eastern Front.
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Siegfried Barth bombed airfields, railway stations as well as tank and troop concentrations in the Proskurov, Lvov, Rostov and Taganrog areas.
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Siegfried Barth was wounded in action on 25 June 1941 when his Junkers Ju 88 A-5 was hit by anti-aircraft fire in the vicinity of Darachow.
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Siegfried Barth was appointed Gruppenkommandeur on 1 February 1944 of the IV.
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Siegfried Barth was promoted to Major on 1 May 1944.
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Siegfried Barth stayed in this position until 31 March 1945 before being appointed Geschwaderkommodore of KG 51 on 19 April 1945.
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Siegfried Barth led the Geschwader in Upper Bavaria until it was disbanded at the end of the war.
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Siegfried Barth was later, after a number of investigations and complaints, reinstated.
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Siegfried Barth took his case to the Wehrdienstsenat des Bundesdisziplinarhofs, the highest court of German troops, to have him cleared of the charges brought against him.