Background
Martin Fiebig was born on 7 May 1891 in Rösnitz, Upper Silesia.
Martin Fiebig was born on 7 May 1891 in Rösnitz, Upper Silesia.
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He served in World War I, and was promoted to Oberleutnant on 18 June 1915. From August 1914 to 1915, he served in the 18th Infantry Regiment.
Sometime during 1915, he was transferred from the infantry to become a pilot.
From 1915 to 1 August 1918, he was a pilot and Squadron-Leader in the 3rd Bomber Wing. He commanded Kampfgeschwader 4 (Knight of the Order of the Garter 4 or Bomber Wing 4) in the Battle of the Netherlands, but was shot down and captured by the Dutch on the 10 May 1940, during the initial attack on Rotterdam-Waalhaven airfield.
Fiebig commanded the attack of World War II/Knight of the Order of the Garter 4 leading his Stabsschwarm and was one of the two first planes shot after dropping its marker bombs. Most of the first squadron that followed the Colonel"s bomber were shot down too by Dutch fighters and American Automobile Association. Colonel Fiebig was lucky to escape being expedited by the Dutch to the United Kingdom, a fate that around 1,250 of his fellow Luftwaffe and army comrades in captivity couldn"t escape.
He later commanded the wing in the Battle of Belgium, the Battle of France, and the Battle of Britain.
In 1941 he took part of the German invasion of Yugoslavia and subsequent Bombing of Belgrade. During Battle of Stalingrad, he was commander of the VIII in the Stalingrad sector. Fiebig was executed in Belgrade for war crimes.
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