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    15./Sturm-Regiment query

    Hi all,

    I recently acquired a group of documents to Jaeger (later Obergefreiter) Josef Spatzenegger of the 15./Sturm Regiment, and a veteran of the Crete Campaign.

    I have the following documents to him:

    Ost Medaille/Eastern Front Medal
    Wound badge in Black, and also Silver
    EK 2 (signed by Meindl)
    Luftwaffe ground Combat Badge
    Para qualification document,
    Kreta Armband document (signed by Student)

    I was hoping that some one may have some extra information on the soldier or the unit.....

    Thanks in advance

    Best wishes

    Bob
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    This looks like the breakdown of the 15 Kompanie for Crete:-

    Bob


    <DT>IV./St.Rgt.
    Kommandeur Hauptmann Walther Gericke (Gruppe West) <DT><DT>13.Kompanie Oberleutnant Sauer (WIA) <DT>14.Kompanie Hauptmann Kiesel (KIA 20.5) <DT>15.Kompanie Oberleutnant Dobke (KIA 20.5) <DT>16.Kompanie Oberleutnant Hoefeld </DT>

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      #3
      From the book "Jump into Hell" by Franz Kurowski, re the death of Oberleutnant Dobke:-


      (Taking Maleme airstrip)

      Towards 1215 hours Oberleutnant Dobke of the IV./FJSR arrived at the location of the 3rd Company with 15 men as reinforcements.
      He and his men took over the northern position of the western edge of the airfield, helping to firm up the German defences. It was
      Dobke's intent to then advance north and silence the enemy anti-aircraft guns that were still firing there.
      During that phase of the fighting when no one really knew what was going on in other battalion sectors, a message arrived at the
      IV./FJSR that a Stuka attack was imminent against the enemy anit aircraft battery at the northern end of the runway.
      Dr. Weitzel ordered Dobke to call of the planned attack, but the latter ignored the directive. Around 1300 hours, he went to the northern
      end of the runway with a few men and eight prisoners.
      Apparently, he was lured into an ambush by the prisoners, whom he had brought along as emissaries and whom he had allowed to
      roam freely, and was killed.

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