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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Years of service
  
1938–45

Name
  
Alfons Koster

Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe

Unit
  
NJG 1 NJG 2 NJG 3

Died
  
6 January 1945(1945-01-06) (aged 25) Varel

Rank
  
Hauptmann (Posthumously)

Alfons Koster (6 February 1919 – 6 January 1945) was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Alfons Koster claimed 26 aerial victories, 25 of them at night. On 6 January 1945, Alfons Koster was shotdown and killed over Varel. He was posthumously promoted to Hauptmann.

Awards

  • Aviator badge
  • Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold
  • Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (20 August 1941)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • German Cross in Gold (4 May 1942)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 29 October 1942 as Oberfeldwebel and pilot in the 3./Nachtjagdgeschwader 2

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