Josef Jennewein, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Josef Jennewein

German flying ace

Date of Birth: 21-Nov-1919

Place of Birth: Sankt Anton am Arlberg, Tyrol, Austria

Date of Death: 26-Jul-1943

Profession: alpine skier

Nationality: Austria, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Josef Jennewein (21 November 1919 – 27 July 1943) was a German alpine skier and world champion.
During World War II, he served first in the Wehrmacht and then in the Luftwaffe, and was credited with 86 air victories.
He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Jennewein was born on 21 November 1919 at St Anton in the Tyrolean Alps, Austria.
He became a world champion in the combined event in Zakopane in 1939, and received silver medals in slalom and in downhill.
In 1941 Jennewein participated at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1941 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy and won Gold Medals in downhill and the combined event.
In 1946, the results were cancelled by the FIS because of the limited number of participants from only German-friendly countries during World War II.