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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Name
  
Alfred Franke

Unit
  
Jagdgeschwader 53

Years of service
  
?-1942

Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe

Rank
  
Leutnant (Posthumously)

Battles/wars
  
World War II Battle of France Battle of Britain Operation Barbarossa Siege of Leningrad

Died
  
September 9, 1942, Volgograd, Russia

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Battle of France, Battle of Britain, Operation Barbarossa, Siege of Leningrad, World War II

Alfred Franke (20 September 1918 – 9 September 1942) was a German Luftwaffe 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. On 9 September 1942, Alfred Franke was killed north of Stalingrad after dog-fighting with a Soviet Il-2 Shturmovik flown by Kapitan Pavel S. Vinogradov (694 IAP, 228 ShAD). He was posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross on 29 October 1942 and was also promoted to Leutnant. During his career he was credited with 60 aerial victories. 4 on the Western Front and 56 on the Eastern Front.

Awards

  • Aviator badge
  • Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe on 13 September 1942 as Oberfeldwebel and pilot
  • German Cross in Gold on 25 September 1942 as Oberfeldwebel in the I./Jagdgeschwader 53
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 29 October 1942 as Oberfeldwebel and pilot in the 2./Jagdgeschwader 53

    • References

    Alfred Franke Wikipedia
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