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Artur Pipan

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Years of service
  
?–1945 1956–82

Commands held
  
Schlachtgeschwader 1

Name
  
Artur Pipan

Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945) Second Austrian Republic

Rank
  
Hauptmann (Wehrmacht) Brigadier (Bundesheer)

Battles/wars
  
World War II Siege of Malta Battle of Greece Battle of Crete Eastern Front

Died
  
August 1, 2009, Klagenfurt, Austria

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Siege of Malta, Battle of Greece, Battle of Crete, Eastern Front, World War II

Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe, Austrian Air Force

Unit
  
Sturzkampfgeschwader 1, Schlachtgeschwader 1

Artur Pipan (5 December 1919 – 1 August 2009) was a highly decorated Hauptmann 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. Artur Pipan was credited with flying 758 missions in which he destroyed 10 locomotives, 9 bridges 1 gun boat and numerous tanks. He joined the Bundesheer in 1956 and retired in 1982 as a Brigadier.

Awards and decorations

  • Flugzeugfuhrerabzeichen
  • Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe
  • Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (24 November 1941)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (August 1941)
  • 1st Class (September 1941)
  • German Cross in Gold (24 September 1942)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 6 April 1944 as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitan of the 5./Sturzkampfgeschwader 1

    • References

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