RK still alive winners list!!

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Re: RK still alive winners list!!

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Post by Ste » 18 May 2013, 14:28

Dieter Zinke wrote:Veit Scherzer has

Unteroffizier Erich Hübscher,

* 19.02.1915 Hindenburg (Oberschlesien)
MIA 07.08.1944 near St. Lô
+ 04.10.2006

Dieter Z.
Possibly MIA because captured?

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Re: RK still alive winners list!!

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Post by Ste » 23 May 2013, 23:22

Hello!From the same source of all the others:

Leutnant d.R. Ludwig Simon

* 09.05.1920 Weiher
+ 25.03.2007 Weiher

RK on 05.03.1945 as Führer 2./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 35


Major Horst Weissenberg

* 29.04.1917 Groß Lindenau
+ 03.04.2007 Sprockhövel im Ruhrgebiet

RK on 23.03.1945 as Kommandeur Grenadier-Regiment 1


Hauptmann d.R. Hans Pentzien

* 08.07.1914 Bad Doberan
+ 03.05.2007 Düsseldorf

RK on 02.02.1945 as Staffelkapitän 1.(F)/Aufkl.Grp. 124


Oberleutnant Hanns Wolff

* 04.08.1914 Bad Godesberg
+ 14.05.2007 Aachen

RK on 08.02.1943 as Führer 3./Infanterie-Bataillon z.b.V. 540
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Re: RK still alive winners list!!

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Post by Ste » 26 May 2013, 14:55

Hello to you all,same source as all the others:

Unteroffizier Otto Peschke

* 01.02.1916 Wien
+ 12.06.2007 Wien

RK on 05.03.1945 as Kompanietruppführer 2./Grenadier-Regiment 132


Leutnant Hans Joachim Weck

* 22.12.1920 Könisgberg
+ 22.06.2007 Bonn

RK on 30.04.1945 as Führer 3./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 4
(not legal ! Bestowed by General Heidrich - therefore ineffective - of course admitted by Fellgiebel's OdR)


Hauptmann Friedrich August von Michael

* 10.03.1917 Groß Plasten
+ 20.07.2007 München

RK on 10.02.1945 as Kommandeur II./Grenadier-Regiment 172


Leutnant Johannes Koll

* 30.01.1923 Neuhof bei Heinrikau
+ 07.08.2007 Wipperfürth

RK on 24.12.1944 as Führer 2./Grenadier-Regiment 696

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Re: RK still alive winners list!!

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Post by Ste » 27 May 2013, 20:44

Hello to you all,same source as all the others:

Oberfeldwebel Rudolf Busch

* 29.09.1915 Droyssig
+ 05.09.2007 Erfurt

RK on 09.06.1944 as Flugzeugführer 1./FernAufklGrp. 121


Unteroffizier Herbert Koepsell

* 21.09.1924 Balbitzow/Stettin
+ 29.09.2007

RK on 07.02.1945 as Kompanietruppführer 1./Fallschimjäger-Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 2 "Hermann Göring"


Leutnant Karl Heinz Wilke

* 07.04.1923 Nordenham
+ 21.11.2007

RK on 25.11.1944 as Flugzeugführer und Beobachter 2.(H)/AufklGrp. 4


Major Alois Eisl

* 21.10.1912 Wolznach
+ 26.12.2007

RK on 9.12.1944 as Führer Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 98
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Re: RK still alive winners list!!

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Post by Ste » 28 May 2013, 14:53

Leutnant Robert Gast

* 28.03.1920 Kapsweyer
+ 00.11.2011

RK on 6.10.1944 as Führer 9./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 7
Source: http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/ ... 0&page=139


Wachtmeister Herbert Schneider

* 31.07.1915 Weinheim a. d. Bergstrasse
+ 01.12.2011 Weinheim a. d. Bergstrasse

RK on 05.02.1944 as Flakkampftruppführer 6./Flak-Regiment 49 (mot.)
Source: http://www.das-ritterkreuz.de/index.php4
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Re: RK still alive winners list!!

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Post by AlifRafikKhan » 29 May 2013, 14:11

Helmut von Leipzig at home, in Namibia. Taken three days ago (26 May 2013, 15:07:02). Nice to see he is still in good health!

Source: http://www.thomasgoisque-photo.com/site ... port&id=73
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Re: RK still alive winners list!!

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Post by Ste » 29 May 2013, 14:41

Great!Nice to see him doing well.
He reminds me of Kurt Dahlmann (also him is still living) who spent more that 30years in Namibia as journalist after the war.

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Re: RK still alive winners list!!

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Post by Ste » 09 Jun 2013, 19:43

From http://www.das-ritterkreuz.de :

Gefreiter Kurt Drössiger

* 03.08.1908 Wöllnitz
+ 03.05.1983 Stadtroda

RK 10.02.1942 as MG-Schütze 4./Infanterie-Regiment 415


Gefreiter Franz Richter

* 01.10.1922 Petersfeld
+ 1980 Australien

RK on 14.05.1944 as MG-Schütze 1./Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 114


Obergefreiter Wilhelm Moser

* 10.02.1921
+ 16.05.1984

RK on 05.09.1944 as Gruppenführer 3./Grenadier-Regiment 24
Source: http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 4&start=60


Obergefreiter Heinrich Maurer

* 09.12.1914 Duisburg
+ 26.04.1945 Vermisst

RK on 6.10.1944 as Gruppenführer StabsKp/Pz.Gren.Rgt. 125
An article about how he earned his RK: http://www.ww2f.com/topic/4043-lance-co ... aurer-rkt/

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Re: RK still alive winners list!!

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Post by Ste » 10 Jun 2013, 15:02

Unteroffizier Hans Kleimann

* 29.11.1915 Oberaden
+ 18.12.1975 Bochum

RK 5.4.1945 as Zugführer 8.(MG)/Grenadier-Regiment 426
Source: http://en.ww2awards.com/person/49393


Unteroffizier Kurt Heinz Sielemann

* 02.10.1924 Werl
+ 21.04.1989 Bad Salzuflen

RK on 14.04.1945 - 2./Grenadier-Regiment 1129
Source: http://en.ww2awards.com/person/50646


Wachtmeister Karl Engelbrecht

* 15.02.1915 Escherlich
+ 15.05.1976 Gefrees/Landkreis Bayreuth

RK on 20.01.1944 as Zugführer 1./Division-Füsilier-Bataillon 98
Source: http://en.ww2awards.com/person/29987


Oberfeldwebel Bruno Moysies

* 20.12.1911 Griesen
+ 01.05.1968 Mölln

RK on 6.3.1944 as Zugführer 3./Füsilier-Regiment 22
Source: http://en.ww2awards.com/person/35915

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Re: RK still alive winners list!!

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Post by Ste » 11 Jun 2013, 16:50

Hauptmann d.R. August Endriss

* 21.11.1914 Schweinfurt
+ 15.08.1967 Schweinfurt

RK on 14.08.1943 as Chef 4./Artillerie-Regiment 219
Source: http://www.das-ritterkreuz.de/index.php4


Hauptmann Theophil Kunhle

* 19.02.1913 Waldfischbach/Pirmasens
+ 31.03.1994 Roth bei Baden-Baden

RK on 18.02.1945 as Chef Sturmgeschütz-Kompanie 1014
Source: http://www.das-ritterkreuz.de/index.php4


Hauptmann Werner Manns

* 08.09.1915 Hasenfier / Kreis Neustettin / Pommern
+ 10.05.2004 Jesteburg/Landkreis Harburg

RK on 13.1.1944 as Kommandeur III./Grenadier-Regiment 96
Source: http://en.ww2awards.com/person/50553
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Re: RK still alive winners list!!

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Post by Ste » 13 Jun 2013, 21:49

Some corrections/improvements.
Where not reported, all came from http://www.das-ritterkreuz.de/index.php4

Oberfeldwebel Günther Becker + 20.10.1953 Australia ( http://ww2.dk/Lw%20Offz%20-%20A-F%20-%2 ... 202012.pdf )
Obergefreiter Fritz Faust + 14.03.1977 Köln
Oberfeldwebel Alfred Schreiber + 24.03.1991 Meerbusch-Strümp/ Rhein-Kreis Neuss
Unteroffizier Paul Speich + 01.07.2005 Wedemark/Region Hannover
Leutnant Georg Köhler + 16.04.2006
Oberschirrmeister Emil Vogt + 30.04.2007 Hartha-Kieselbach/Mittelsachsen
Major Helmut Wandmaker + 19.07.2007 Tellingstedt/Kreis Dithmarschen ( http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... start=1950 )
Hauptmann Helmut Bennemann + 07.11.2007 Bad Sassendorf ( http://ww2.dk/Lw%20Offz%20-%20A-F%20-%2 ... 202012.pdf )


Feldwebel Walter Werner

* 11.07.1917 Brand-Erbirdorf/Sachsen
+ 25.06.1997 Neustadt am Rübenberge

RK on 09.06.1944 as Gruppenführer 1./Fallschirmjäger Pionier Bataillon 1
Source: http://www.ww2.dk/Lw%20Offz%20-%20S-Z%20-%202013.pdf


Oberleutnant Karl Ludwig Bleckl

* 26.09.1919 Wien
+ 26.03.2013 Neufeld an der Laitha/Burgenland)Österreich

RK on 03.11.1942 as Staffelführer 7./StukaGeschwader 1
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Post by Ste » 01 Jul 2013, 20:05

Leutnant Ahrend Höper

* 26.11.1920 Heringsdorf
+ 05.03.2013

RK on 26.11.1944 as Zugführer 1./StGeschBrig 202
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Re: RK still alive winners list!!

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Post by Ste » 02 Jul 2013, 20:05

Updated to 2.7.2013

Ritterkreuz mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern (2)

Waldemar von Gazen (Heer)
Erich Rudorffer (Luftwaffe)


Ritterkreuz mit Eichenlaub (14)

Otto Carius (Heer)
Kurt Dahlmann (Luftwaffe)
Oskar Hubert Dennhardt (Heer)
Martin Drewes (Luftwaffe)
Hermann Greiner (Luftwaffe)
Reinhard Hardegen (Kriegsmarine)
Rolf Hermichen (Luftwaffe)
Hans Gunther Lange (Kriegsmarine)
Heinz Rökker (Luftwaffe)
Heinrich Ruhl (Heer)
Walter Schuck (Luftwaffe)
Johann Schwerdfeger (Heer)
(Dr.) Gerhard Simons (Heer)
Paul Zorner (Luftwaffe)


Ritterkreuz (105+, list not complete)

Felix Adamowitsch (Heer)
Heinz Angelmaier (Heer)
Erich Axthammer (Luftwaffe)

Karl Ludwig Barths (Heer)
Ludwig Bauer (Heer)
Franz Bayer (Heer)
Artur Becker-Neetz (Heer)
Karl Heinz Becker (Heer)
Anton Benning (Luftwaffe)
Johannes Biehl (Heer)
Gunther Bierbrauer (Luftwaffe)
Hans Ekkehard Bob (Luftwaffe)
Joachim Boosfeld (Waffen-SS)
Gunter Braake (Heer)
Max Brandenburg (Luftwaffe)
Hugo Broch (Luftwaffe)
Friedrich Buck (Waffen-SS)
Arthur Büssecke (Luftwaffe)

Friedrich Carl (Heer)

Dieter Damerius (Heer)
Erwin Diekwisch (Luftwaffe)
Georg Wilhelm Drescher (Luftwaffe)

Alfred Eick (Kriegsmarine)
Karl Heinz Euling (Waffen-SS)

Walter Fasel (Heer)
Konrad Fechner (Luftwaffe)
Gerhard Fischer (Waffen-SS)
Gerhard Fischer (Heer)
Siegfried Freyer (Heer)
Herbert Fries (Luftwaffe)

Franz Gapp (Luftwaffe)
Dieter Gläsche (Heer)
Karl Glätzer (Heer)

Gottfried Hagena (Luftwaffe)
Günther Halm (Heer)
Josef Hammerschmidt (Heer)
Karl Gunther von Hase (Heer)
Eberhard Heder (Waffen-SS)
Anton Heinemann (Luftwaffe)
Othmar Hermes (Heer)
Justin Hönig (Heer)
Werner Husemann (Luftwaffe)

Helmut Jeserer (Heer)
Dietrich ter Jung (Heer)

Karl Kainz (Heer)
Sören Kam (Waffen-SS)
Wilhelm Keppel (Heer)
Dietrich Kirn (Heer)
Johann Klaus (Heer)
Paul Georg Kleffel (Heer)
Helmut Klemann (Heer)
Gerhard Krems (Luftwaffe)
Erwin Kressmann (Heer)
Heinz Krettek (Heer)
Hans Krohn (Luftwaffe)
Wilhelm Kröhne (Heer)

Karl Ernst Laage (Heer)
Hellmut von Leipzig (Heer)
Karl Wilhelm Lindemann (Heer)
Arthur Lorfing (Heer)
Helmut Lutze (Heer)

Hermann Mangels (Heer)
Gunther Meyer (Heer)
Rudolf Munser (Heer)

Lorenz Neumayr (Heer)
Hans Joachim Nitsch (Heer)
Hermann Nitsch (Heer)
Harald Nugiseks (Waffen-SS)

Dieter Oster (Luftwaffe)

Rudolf Peter (Heer)
Josef Preiss (Heer)
Heinz Probst (Luftwaffe)
Robert von Prochazka (Heer)
Erwin Prössl (Luftwaffe)

Alexander Raab (Luftwaffe)
Karl Radermacher (Heer)
Heinz Rafoth (Heer)
Alfred Regeniter (Heer)
Max Rehbein (Heer)
Heinz Remmert (Heer)
Willi Reschke (Luftwaffe)
Ernst Martin Rhein (Heer)
Rudolf von Ribbentrop (Waffen-SS)
Klaus Ritter (Heer)

Hans Sachs (Heer)
Kurt Sametreiter (Waffen-SS)
Heinrich Scharff (Heer)
Hermann Schleinhege (Luftwaffe)
Otto Schmalzried (Heer)
Bruno Schmelzinger (Heer)
Karl Heinz Schnell (Luftwaffe)
Otto Schultz (Luftwaffe)
Gunter Seeger (Luftwaffe)
Alfred Sekund (Heer)
Hubert Spadiut (Luftwaffe)

Heinz Timpe (Heer)

Fritz Vehse (Heer)

Gunther Wanhöfer (Waffen-SS)
Franz Weber (Heer)
Hermann Wehking (Heer)
Helmut Wieselhuber (Heer)
Heinz Wilde (Heer)
Otto Wutzel (Heer)

Max Zastrow (Heer)
Gerhard Zoppoth (Heer)

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Re: RK still alive winners list!!

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Post by Ste » 04 Jul 2013, 12:34

Oberleutnant Helmut Klemann

* 16.05.1922 Leun bei Wetzlar
+ 13.11.2012 Leun bei Wetzlar

RK on 28.10.1944 as Führer 2./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 59
Source: http://www.das-ritterkreuz.de
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Post by Ste » 06 Jul 2013, 14:20

Oberleutnant Karl Heinz Schnell

* 10.01.1915 Essen
+ 13.03.2013

RK on 01.08.1941 as Staffelkapitän 9./JG 51
72 aerial victories.
Source: http://www.das-ritterkreuz.de/index.php4
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