Arnulf Blasig

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Years of service 1936–1945 1950s–1972 Name Arnulf Blasig		Commands held IV./LG 1 Service/branch Luftwaffe
Allegiance Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany Rank Major (Wehrmacht) Oberst (Bundeswehr) Battles/wars World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of Belgium Battle of France Battle of Britain Operation Barbarossa Died November 13, 1998, Herborn, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars World War II, Invasion of Poland, Battle of Belgium, Battle of France, Battle of Britain, Operation Barbarossa Unit Sturzkampfgeschwader 77, Lehrgeschwader 1, Sturzkampfgeschwader 5

Arnulf Blasig (30 December 1913 – 13 November 1998) was a highly decorated 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. In the 1950s he joined the Bundeswehr and retired in 1972 as an Oberst.

Awards and decorations

Flugzeugfuhrerabzeichen

Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold

Iron Cross (1939)

2nd Class

1st Class

Order of the Cross of Liberty (Finland)

German Cross in Gold on 27 July 1942 as Hauptmann in the 1./Sturzkampfgeschwader 5

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 September 1941 as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur of the IV.(Stuka)/Lehrgeschwader 1

Federal Cross of Merit 1st class

References

Arnulf Blasig Wikipedia

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