"Awarded after flying over 200 sorties and achieving 7 aerial victories
with his He-123. He also achieved a number of notable successes with his
Staffel as a whole. On the 24.06.1941 he and his Staffel attacked a
group of 30-40 enemy tanks south of Grodno that were attacking from
Sokolka into the flank of German troops that were in turn attacking from
Kuzniza. Druschel and his aircraft claimed to have destroyed 11 enemy
tanks on this day, and managed to force the enemy to break off towards
the South. Druschel’s Staffel would later achieve another notable
success on the 06.07.1941. On this day they saved the Ulla bridgehead by
smashing enemy forces around the Lohwsa train station and Gubiza."
from his Knight's Cross to the Iron Cross citation, awarded on August 21, 1941.
"Awarded for further individual and command achievements during
operations at Kertsch, Sevastopol and the Caucasus. By this time he had
flown over 600 sorties. A particularly notable success took place on the
12.06.1942 when he destroyed an ammunition train along the
Kharkov-Kupyansk railway (about 60 km ESE of Kharkov itself)." from his Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves citation, awarded on September 3, 1942.
"Awarded for his flying over 700 sorties as well as the great successes
of his Gruppe at Voronezh, Rostov, along the Don and at Stalingrad." from his Knight's Cross to the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords citation, awarded on February 19, 1943.
A capable enemy elite,
Brian
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