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Ritterkreuz for Transportflieger Hans-Joachim Valet

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Ritterkreuz for Transportflieger Hans-Joachim Valet

Postby Panzerspitze on 02 Nov 2009 04:32

Does anyone know for what exploits was Hans-Joachim Valet awarded the Ritterkreuz, being a Transportflieger?
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Re: Hans-Joachim Valet

Postby joerg on 04 Nov 2009 16:26

For 430 successful sorties as a Ju 52-Pilot in Africa and Russia, for example Demyansk (59 sorties-the highest of all transport-pilots), El-Alamein, Tunis, Cherkassy,Crimea.
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