Alois Magg

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Years of service 1935–45 ?–1971 Service/branch Luftwaffe		Name Alois Magg Unit Kampfgeschwader 2
Allegiance Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany Rank Hauptmann (Wehrmacht) Oberstleutnant (Bundeswehr) Battles/wars World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Battle of Britain Invasion of Yugoslavia Battle of Greece Operation Barbarossa Died October 22, 2001, Prien am Chiemsee, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars Invasion of Poland, Battle of France

Alois Magg (24 December 1914 – 22 October 2001) was a highly decorated Hauptmann in the Luftwaffe during World War II. He was also 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

Flugzeugfuhrerabzeichen

Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold with Pennant

Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (20 June 1941)

Iron Cross (1939)

2nd Class

1st Class

German Cross in Gold on 19 January 1942 as Leutnant in the 2./Kampfgeschwader 2

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 5 September 1944 as Oberleutnant and pilot in the 9./Kampfgeschwader 2

References

Alois Magg Wikipedia

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