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Hans-Marcel von Schack
Major


Born: 06.04.1913 in Gotha/Thüringen.
Died: 03.04.1978 in Lauterbach/Hessen.

Promotions:
00.00.19__ Leutnant
00.00.19__ Oberleutnant
01.08.1941 Rittmeister
[27.01.1945] Major

Decorations & Awards:
27.01.1945 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes as Major and Führer of SS-Kavallerie-Regiment 16/8. SS-Kavallerie-Division “Florian Geyer”/IX. SS-Armee-Korps, Budapest (Based on a Vorschlag approved by Korps Kom. Gen. Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch)
25.12.1942 1939 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
00.00.19__ 1939 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
00.00.194_ Allgemeines-Sturmabzeichen (?)
00.00.194_ Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz
ca. 1943 Krimschild
00.00.1942 Medaille „Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42“
ca. 1939 Medialle zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
ca. 1938 Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13. März 1938
00.00.19__ Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung 4. Stufe

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Re: Knight's Cross Holders of the Allgemeine-SS (etc.)

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Ullrich Ulms
Oberst im Generalstab


Born: 22.04.1908 in Otterndorf.
Died: 23.02.2000.

Promotions:
01.12.1930 Leutnant (2)
01.07.1933 Oberleutnant (42)
01.03.1937 Hauptmann (62)
00.00.1941 Major i. G. (mid RDA vom 01.01.1941 [57b])
15.02.1943 Oberstleutnant i. G. (mit RDA vom 01.01.1943 [119])
01.08.1944 Oberst i. G. (37)

Decorations & Awards:
25.08.1944 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes as Oberst i. G. and Chef des Stabes Korpsgruppe von Gottberg (XII. SS-Armee-Korps)
30.07.1942 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold as Major i. G. in Stab/32. Infanterie-Division
06.07.1940 1939 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
28.09.1939 1939 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
00.06.1944 Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen
29.07.1942 Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42”
ca. 1939 Spange “Prager Burg” zur Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
ca. 1939 Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
02.10.1936 Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. Klasse


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Robert Zeiher
Major der Reserve


Born: 01.11.1919 in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Died: 13.06.2000 in St. Blasien/Landkreis Waldshut/Regierungsbezirk Freiburg/Baden-Württemberg.

Promotions:
00.00.1938 Soldat
00.00.1941 Leutnant d. R.
00.00.1942 Oberleutnant d. R.
00.00.1943 Hauptmann d. R.
00.00.1945 Major d. R.

Decorations & Awards:
16.01.1945 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes as Hauptmann d. R and Führer of I. Bataillon/SS-Grenadier-Regiment “Radolfzell” [attached to 189. Infanterie-Division] in the Oberrheinbrückenkopf (Upper Rhein Bridgehead), Colmar.
08.05.1943 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold as Oberleutnant d. R. in Grenadier-Regiment 420/125. Infanterie-Division, Eastern Front.
14.10.1941 1939 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
02.07.1941 1939 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
00.00.194_ Nahkampfspange I. Stufe (Bronze)
00.00.194_ Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Silber
00.00.194_ Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939 in Silber
18.05.1943 Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939 in Schwarz
01.09.1942 Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42“
15.01.1943 Krimschild

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Re: Knight's Cross Holders of the Allgemeine-SS (etc.)

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Post by Ignacio » 20 Jul 2020, 10:35

Hello Mike

Great work.

In your Part I you missed Rainer Nossek.
Nossek, Rainer AllgSS RK_1.jpg
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Post by Michael Miller » 20 Jul 2020, 16:02

Wonderful information as usual, Ignacio!
I did not know of this recipient's SS status. Thank you for sharing him.

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Re: Knight's Cross Holders of the Allgemeine-SS (etc.)

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Post by Ignacio » 22 Jul 2020, 08:55

Hello Mike

Alwin Düskow held SS# 234.490 and with the Na. 12 was promoted to Ustuf. on 10.09.1939 and to Hastuf. on 20.04.1943.

Kurt Dix, SS# 6.109, was promoted to Hastuf. on 21.06.1943 as Fhr. beim Stab RuSHA.

Gerhard Jäger, SS# 43.599, was promoted to Ostuf. on 10.09.1939 as Adjutant I./Sta. 27.

Walter Tank, SS# 177.292, was promoted to Ustuf. on 21.06.1944 with the 59.Sta.

And add to the list the Luftwaffe Oberleutnant Sophus Baagoe:
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Post by Michael Miller » 22 Jul 2020, 13:46

Wonderful additions that I will integrate soon. Thank you yet again, Ignacio!

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Re: Knight's Cross Holders of the Allgemeine-SS (etc.)

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Post by Michael Miller » 22 Jul 2020, 14:20

A new addition to the Allgemeine-SS list. Many thanks to Ignacio Arrondo for pointing out his Allgemeine-SS membership.

Sophus Anders Johannsen Baagoe
SS-Rottenführer
Oberleutnant



Born: 04.03.1915 in Flensburg/Schleswig-Holstein.
KIA: 14.05.1941 near Ērákleion, Crete, as Oberleutnant and Flugzeugführer in 5. Staffel/Zerstörergeschwader 26 “Horst Wessel”, flying Bf 110D-3 (Werk-Nr. 4290), shot down and crashed into the sea during a strafing raid on the British airfield at Ērákleion, either by enemy enemy anti-aircraft fire, by Pilot Offizer D F Westenra (9 victory RNZAF ace flying a Gloser Gladiator biplane fighter, or a combination of the two; his Bordschütze Oberfeldwebel Becker was also killed. Gravesite: Kriegsgräberstätte in Maleme (Block 1 / Grave 480). A photo of his grave marker appears at https://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums ... a?q=Baagoe.

SS-Nr.: 90.841 (Joined ca. 1933)

Promotions:
00.00.193_ Leutnant
00.00.19__ SS-Rottenführer
00.00.1940 Oberleutnant

Career:
00.00.19__-14.06.1941 Assigned to 4. Sturm/50. SS-Standarte "Nordschleswig" (Flensburg) in SS-Oberabschnitt Nordsee.
00.00.19__-14.06.1941 Assigned as a pilot to 5. Staffel/Zerstörergeschwader 26 "Horst Wessel".

Decorations & Awards:
14.06.1941 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (posthumously) as Oberleutnant and Flugzeugführer in 5. Staffel / Zerstörergeschwader 26 “Horst Wessel”.
11.09.1940 Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
30.06.1940 1939 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
13.05.1940 1939 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
00.00.1941 Frontflug-Spange für Zerstörer in Silber
00.00.1941 Frontflug-Spange für Zerstörer in Bronze
00.00.193_ Flugzeugführerabzeichen

Notes:
* Combat missions flown: 95.
* Aircraft flown: Bf 110D-3 Werk # 4290 (lost 14.05.1941)
* Aerial victories: 14 (2 French and 12 British fighters).

Number/Date/Enemy Aircraft Type
1. 12.05.1940 Morane
2. 27.05.1940 Hurricane
3. 27.05.1940 Hurricane
4. 03.06.1940 Hawk 75A
5. 10.07.1940 Spitfire
6. 10.07.1940 Spitfire
7. 29.07.1940 Hurricane
8. 18.08.1940 Spitfire
9. 18.08.1940 Spitfire
10. 31.08.1940 Spitfire
11. 03.09.1940 Spitfire
12. 03.09.1940 Spitfire
13. 26.09.1940 Spitfire
14. 20.04.1941 Hurricane
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Post by Michael Miller » 22 Jul 2020, 14:46

Another Luftwaffe RKT with Allgemeine-SS membership. Thanks to Ignacio Arrondo for bringing him to my attention.
Photo to be posted soon.


Rainer Nossek
SS-Mann
Oberleutnant



Born: 05.05.1920 in Huttendorf (Cz.: Zálesní Lhota)/Kreis Hohenelbe (then in Czechoslovakia).
KIA: 30.04.1945 at Flugplatz Sülte/Schwerin as a pilot in 3.(Pz.) Staffel/Schlachtgeschwader 3, shot down by fighters of RAF 350 Sqdn.

NSDAP-Nr.: [Party membership status unknown.]
SS-Nr.: 322.165 (Joined ca. 1939)

Promotions:
00.00.194_ Gefreiter
[02.11.1942] Unteroffizier
[12.07.1943] SS-Mann
[12.07.1943] Feldwebel
00.00.194_ Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel
01.01.1944 Leutnant
29.10.1944 (?) Oberleutnant

Career:
00.00.1939 Entered Luftwaffe service.
Spring 1942-00.00.194_ Assigned to I. Gruppe/Stukageschwader 2 "Immelmann".
13.07.1942 Forced down by Soviet fighters in the area of Forschstadt (Russ.: Belaja Kalitwa) while flying Ju 87 D-3 (T6+HN) of 5. Staffel/St.G. 2. He made his way on foot back to German lines (a distance of some 100 km).
00.11.1942-00.03.1943 Out of service for health reasons.
[12.07.1943] Assigned to 6. Sturm/95. SS-Standarte (Trautenau/Sudetenland).
[12.07.1943] Assigned as a pilot in 4. Staffel/Stukageschwader 2 "Immelmann".
[29.10.1944] Assigned as a pilot to 10.(Pz.) Staffel/Schlachtgeschwader 3.
00.00.194_-30.04.1945 Staffelführer of 3.(Pz.) Staffel/Schlachtgeschwader 3.

Decorations & Awards:
29.10.1944 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes as Leutnant and Flugzeugführer in 10.(Pz.)/Schlachtgechwader 3(following his 600th combat mission) Rank given as Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel in Veit Scherzer, Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939-1945, however this conflicts with his 01.01.1944 promotion to Leutnant.
12.07.1943 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold as Feldwebel and Flugzeugführer in 4. Staffel/Stukageschwader 2, Eastern Front.
02.11.1942 Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg as Unteroffizier and Flugzeugführer.
00.00.194_ 1939 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
00.00.194_ 1939 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
00.00.194_ Frontflug-Spange für Schlachtflieger in Gold mit Anhänger (“800”)
00.00.194_ Frontflug-Spange für Kampfflieger in Gold
00.00.194_ Frontflug-Spange für Kampfflieger in Silber
00.00.194_ Frontflug-Spange für Kampfflieger in Bronze
00.00.19__ Flugzeugführerabzeichen

Notes:
* ca. 800 combat sorties.
* Reported the destruction of 73+ enemy tanks.
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Nossek, Rainer AllgSS RK_1.jpg
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Letter from SS-Ogruf.u.Gen.d.W-SS u.Pol. Karl Hermann Frank (contributed by Ignacio Arrondo)

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Re: Knight's Cross Holders of the Allgemeine-SS (etc.)

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Post by Wiking60 » 20 Aug 2020, 11:41

Hello Michael.
Great Work.
Please excuse my bad English. I have some additions to the SS-Numbers.

Hans Becker 45.469, SS-Sturm 2/24
Hans Daumiller 77.279, 9/92
Hermann Ritter von Ingram 426.548, 76.Standarte
Georg-Friedrich Moritz 279.475, 1/R.7
Gerold Overhoff 227.768, 1/59
Kurt Stifter 339.800
Hans-Günther Stotten 122.900, 1/R.21
Franz Treffer 209.370, III/68
Joachim Voß 190.005, 21-Standarte
Sophus Baagoe 90.841, 4/50

A few more Knight`s Cross Holders:
Felix Adamowitsch 23.11.1919
Franz Ammann 3.11.1919
Edwin Bader 19.9.1915
Friedrich Bauer 23.9.1913
Julius Beckmann 9.5.1910
Gerhard Benak 23.6.1915
Werner Frhr. von Beschwitz 19.1.1915
Georg Bittlingmaier 13.3.1904
Helmut Bochnig 4.12.1914
Reinhold Böhmke 25.8.1911
Hans Bonertz 28.6.1914
Erich Borchert 7.6.1913
Paul Brandt 29.4.1915
Rudolf Braun 30.8.1913
Eugen Brecht 23.4.1912
Martin Buhr 3.4.1913

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Rene

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Post by Michael Miller » 22 Aug 2020, 18:09

Wonderful additions, Rene. Thank you.

Have you any details of the Allgemeine-SS service on those additional names (Adamowitsch-Buhr)?

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Post by Wiking60 » 24 Aug 2020, 11:31

Hello Mike,
of course I can do that.

Felix Adamowitsch 23.11.1919, SS-Nr. 500.184
Franz Ammann 3.11.1919, SS-Nr. 347.218, 5/32
Edwin Bader 19.9.1915, SS-Nr. 298.520, 3/89
Friedrich Bauer 23.9.1913, SS-Nr. 70.237, 5/56, 3/Res/41
Julius Beckmann 9.5.1910, SS-Nr. 187.883, 3/16
Gerhard Benak 23.6.1915, SS-Nr. 175.744, 1/70
Werner Frhr. von Beschwitz 19.1.1915, SS-Nr. 220.836, 3/51
Georg Bittlingmaier 13.3.1904, SS-Nr. 234.798 (143.798?), 5/62
Helmut Bochnig 4.12.1914, SS-Nr. 248.610, 6/16
Reinhold Böhmke 25.8.1911, SS-Nr. 100.154, 11/64
Hans Bonertz 28.6.1914, SS-Nr. 124.991, 1/12
Erich Borchardt 7.6.1913, SS-Nr. 213.639
Paul Brandt 29.4.1915, SS-Nr. 165.530, 6/71
Rudolf Braun 30.8.1913, SS-Nr. 71.668, 29.Standarte
Eugen Brecht 23.4.1912, SS-Nr. 113.662, 2/13
Martin Buhr 3.4.1913, SS-Nr. 96.765, 2/24

A few more:
Oskar Dennhardt, 30.6.1915, SS-Nr. 140.902, 9/21
Adolf Dickfeld, 20.2.1910, SS-Nr. 47.020, SS-Ab. Südost
Heinrich Engel, 29.4.1914, SS-Nr. 221.907, 4/56
Hans Faasch, 2.1.1897, SS-Nr. 157.897, 7/74
Fritz Fechner, 16.12.1913, SS-Nr. 185.645, 3/Na.8
Ernst Fick, 13.8.1912, SS-Nr. 76.688, 6/35
Erwin Fleig, 6.12.1912, SS-Nr. 104.826, 1/65
Helmut Fuhrhop, 7.10.1913, SS-Nr. 43.217, 55.Standarte

Best wishes
Rene

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Post by copiloto » 28 Aug 2020, 18:55

Hello Michael.
An addition to Sophus Baagoe:
11.09.1940 Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg as Leutnant

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Post by Wiking60 » 11 Sep 2020, 21:13

Hi Mike,
I can't answer your pm somehow.

Best Wishes
Rene

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Post by Michael Miller » 12 Sep 2020, 04:46

No worries, Rene.

With thanks in advance,
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