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Alfred Gies

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Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe

Name
  
Alfred Gies

Years of service
  
?–1945 ?–1964

Died
  
21 May 1993(1993-05-21) (aged 81) Frankfurt

Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Rank
  
Oberfeldwebel (Wehrmacht) Hauptfeldwebel (Bundeswehr)

Unit
  
Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 Schlachtgeschwader 2

Alfred Gies (7 April 1912 – 21 May 1993) was a highly decorated Oberfeldwebel 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

  • Aviator badge
  • Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold
  • Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (30 April 1943)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • German Cross in Gold (17 October 1943)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 16 December 1944 as Oberfeldwebel and pilot in the 1./Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"

    • References

    Alfred Gies Wikipedia
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