Knight's Cross Holders Identification

[AlifRafikKhan]

Foto 387 : Richard Heidrich
Foto 389 : Joachim Müncheberg

[Denis]

Hello

About page 319 : see this picture
This is Rudolf Schier

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About page 401: see this picture
I think this is Walter Westenberger

KR
Denis

[Denis]

Hi

About the picture posted by DocArchiv in page 509 and shown below, I have added numbers to ease the ID process:

Here are some extra soldiers I've found:

1- Gerhard Hein (HJ – WH)
2- Bernahrd Jope (LW)
3- Oskar Bauer (LW)
4-
5-
6- Rudolf Schlee (WH)
7- Wilhelm Vielwerth (WH)
8- WH officer // not RKT
9- hidden
10- Franz Schlund (LW) to be confirmed
11- LW officer // not RKT
12- hidden
13- Josef Dörfel (WH) Thanks to Ruslan for the ID!
14-
15- Herbert Kaminski (LW)
16-
17-
18- Max Wippermann (LW) to be confirmed
19- Helmut Witte (KM) to be confirmed
20-
21- HJ official // not RKT
22- Siegfried Strelow (KM)
23-
24- Josef Gollas (WH) Thanks to Ruslan for the ID!
25-
26- hidden
27- Uffz. Eduard Wintershoff
28- Walter Schalles (LW)
29-
30- Robert Olejnik (LW)
31- Franz Doff (WH) Thanks to Ruslan for the ID!

[von thoma]

Gerhard Schöpfel in Photo 388.

[Denis]

About picture posted by DocArchiv named foto 298 and showing several RKT from LW,
I confirm 4th officer from left is Robert Olejnik, 4th officer from right is Oskar Bauer.
First guy from right is Walter Schalles and I'm wondering whether 3rd guy from left might not be Herbert Kaminski

KR
Denis

[Denis]

Hello

About page 517, foto 369 : for me this is not Herbert Kriening but Franz Wipfler.

As far as I can see, there are often confusions about both soldiers.
Would anybody be able to post pictures from Wipfler and Kriening to stop this mismatch ?

KR
Denis

[Ruslan M]

Hello, Denis!

# 13 - not Willy Rowohl, but Josef Dörfel;

# 10 - Seems to be Franz Schlund, he present in Luftwaffe group photo.

# 24 - Josef Gollas;

# 31 - Franz Doff

Best wishes
Ruslan

[Ruslan M]

Foto 384 - Günther Freiherr von Maltzahn on the left and Kurt Brändle with the award box.

Foto 389 - Gerhard Schöpfel first from the left and the man to the right of Müncheberg reminds Hermann Staiger. Staiger requires confirmation.

Foto 390 - Man with papers it is Johannes Naumann.

Best wishes
Ruslan

[Denis]

Hello, Denis!

# 13 - not Willy Rowohl, but Josef Dörfel;

# 10 - Seems to be Franz Schlund, he present in Luftwaffe group photo.

# 24 - Josef Gollas;

# 31 - Franz Doff

Best wishes
Ruslan

Hi Ruslan
Spassiba for these extra identifications!
I have just updated the list with new ones
Denis

[George Lengyel]

Foto 382: Albrecht Müller
Foto 383: Heinrich Thünemann

Kind regards,
Georg

[Someone from Kharkov]

About group photo above. Man #17 in the black panzer uniform is Erdmann Gabriel.

[George Lengyel]

Foto 381: Karl-Heinz Wilhelm

KR,
Georg

[Someone from Kharkov]

Foto 389 - Gerhard Schöpfel first from the left and the man to the right of Müncheberg reminds Hermann Staiger. Staiger requires confirmation.

Best wishes
Ruslan

Not Hermann Staiger, but Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland.

[John Toner]

Hello

About page 517, foto 369 : for me this is not Herbert Kriening but Franz Wipfler.

As far as I can see, there are often confusions about both soldiers.
Would anybody be able to post pictures from Wipfler and Kriening to stop this mismatch ?

KR,
Denis

Hello Denis

This photo below (Wipfler or Kriening) has appeared on different websites described sometime as Wipfler and sometime as Kriening. I believe that the man on page 517 is Kriening, because other images of Wipfler (see the example below - source Scherzer) are not the same.

John

[Ruslan M]

Not Hermann Staiger, but Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland.

Yes, thank you, I hurried. Too early for Staiger, this is Göring's visit in December 1941 after which Galland up to RLM and Schöpfel succeeded him.

Best wishes
Ruslan