Knight's Cross Holders Photo Database

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Post by carius » 02 Apr 2023, 10:53

Hans Wolff 1.(F)/124
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Post by carius » 06 Apr 2023, 10:48

Heinrich Füllgrabe,JG 52
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Post by HILL60 » 09 Apr 2023, 08:49

Augustín Malár
July 18th, 1894 (Gwiesen, Austrian-Hungarian Empire) - 1945 (Sachsenhausen concentration camp, Germany)

RK: 23.01.1942 Generalmajor Kdr Slowakische Schnelle Division
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Post by HILL60 » 09 Apr 2023, 09:32

Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken

June 25th, 1897 (Brake-Oldenburg/Oldenburg, Germany)
August 20th, 1985 (Cologne-Müngersdorf/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
RK: 15.05.1944 Konteradmiral Befh. d. Deutschen Marinekommandos Italien

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Post by carius » 13 Apr 2023, 07:37

Alfons Orthofer,StG77
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Post by tigre » 03 May 2023, 06:59

Hello to all :D ;just in case.............................

Oberleutnant Kurt Unruh (July 28, 1920 Wabnitz / Niederschlesien - March 11, 1989 Essen).

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross awarded as Oberleutnant and Flugzeugführer of the 2. / Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor" granted on February 29, 1944 after the transfer to training functions in recognition of its 392 combat missions flying as a bombing pilot in the east. He and his crew were attributed 2 aerial victories as a bomber pilot.

Sources: https://militariarelics.com/german/photo-albums/5290
https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/274 ... h-Kurt.htm

Cheers. Raúl M 8-).
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Oberleutnant Kurt Unruh wearing his Knight's Cross (2nd from the right)...................
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Kurt Unruh
July 28th, 1920 (Wabnitz / Niederschlesien, Germany) - March 11th, 1989 (Essen, Germany)

RK: 29.02.1944 Oberleutnant Flugzeugführer i. d. 2./KG 53

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Alfred Keller
September 19th, 1882 (Bochum, Germany) - February 11th, 1974 (Berlin, Germany)

RK : 24.06.1940 General der Flieger Kommandierender General IV. Fliegerkorps
Plm : 04.12.1917 Hauptmann Kdr des Bombengeschwader 1 der OHL

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Hans-Georg Schierholz

August 16th, 1921 (Lage, Germany) - February 12th, 1996 (Lippstadt, Germany)

RK: 29.10.1944 Oberfeldwebel Bordfunker i. d. I./NJG 3

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Horst Carganico

October 27th, 1917 (Breslau/Silesia, Germany) - May 27th, 1944 (Over Chevry/Île-de-France, France)

RK: 25.09.1941 Oberleutnant Staffelkapitän 1./JG 77

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Rudi Linz
February 14th, 1917 (Ilmenau, Germany) - February 17th, 1945 (Bergen, Norway)

RK: 12.03.1945 Leutnant Flugzeugführer i. d. 12./JG 5

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Gerhard Tschierschwitz

April 23rd, 1920 (Berlin, Schöneburg, Brandenburg, Germany) - January 17th, 1997 (Tutzing)

RK: 06.12.1944, Oberleutnant, Chef 2./Fsch.Pz.Rgt. “HG”
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Post by Igor Karpov » 11 May 2023, 22:37

Prosper Graf zu Castell-Castell.
Führer, 9. Kompanie, Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 14, 5. Panzer-Division.

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Post by HILL60 » 27 May 2023, 03:15

Hans von Hahn
7th August 1914 (Frankfurt am Main/Hesse-Nassau, Germany) - November 5th, 1957 (Frankfurt am Main/Hesse, Germany)

RK: 09.07.1941 Hauptmann Kdr I./JG 3

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Paul-Werner Hozzel

October 16th, 1910 (Hamburg, Germany) - January 7th, 1997 (Karlsruhe/Baden-Württemberg, Germany)

RK: 08.05.1940 Hauptmann Kdr I./Stuka-Geschw 1
EL: 14.04.1943 [230. EL] Oberstleutnant Kommodore Stuka-Geschw 2

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