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Alexander Raab (pilot)

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Years of service
  
?–1945

Role
  
Pilot

Name
  
Alexander Raab

Unit
  
Kampfgeschwader 77

Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945) Second Austrian Republic

Rank
  
Major (Wehrmacht) Major of the Reserves (Bundesheer)

Battles/wars
  
World War II Eastern Front Battle of the Mediterranean

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Eastern Front, Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II, World War II

Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe, Austrian Air Force

Alexander Raab (born 12 July 1921) was a Major in the Luftwaffe during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards and decorations

  • Flugzeugfuhrerabzeichen
  • Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe
  • Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (24 August 1942)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • German Cross in Gold (12 July 1943)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 5 September 1944 as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitan in the I./Kampfgeschwader 77

    • References

    Alexander Raab (pilot) Wikipedia
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