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Eduard Skrzipek

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Commands held
  
14./KG 27

Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe

Unit
  
Kampfgeschwader 27

Years of service
  
1937–45

Name
  
Eduard Skrzipek

Rank
  
Hauptmann


Battles/wars
  
World War II Battle of France Battle of Britain Eastern Front

Died
  
February 25, 1945, Pilsen, Czech Republic

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Battle of France, Battle of Britain, Eastern Front, World War II

Eduard Skrzipek (26 June 1917 – 25 February 1945) was a highly decorated Hauptmann in the Luftwaffe during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Skrzipek was killed in a flying accident in Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 on 25 February 1945.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (15 September 1940)
  • 1st Class (30 September 1940)
  • Honour Goblet of the Luftwaffe (Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe) on 17 November 1941 as Leutnant and pilot
  • German Cross in Gold on 27 May 1942 as Leutnant in the 5./Kampfgeschwader 27
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 16 April 1943 as Oberleutnant and pilot in the 5./Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"
  • 509th Oak Leaves on 24 June 1944 as Hauptmann and Staffelkapitan of the 14.(Eis)/Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"

    • References

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