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Edwin Bader

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Years of service
  
1935–44

Name
  
Edwin Bader

Rank
  
Oberleutnant

Born
  
19 September 1915 Eggenburg, Austria (
1915-09-19
)

Died
  
21 January 1944(1944-01-21) (aged 28) Finkenheerd, Germany

Allegiance
  
First Austrian Republic (to 1938)  Nazi Germany

Service/branch
  
Osterreichisches Bundesheer (1935–38) Heer (1938–39) Luftwaffe (1939–44)

Unit
  
Nahaufklarungsgruppe 16 Nahaufklarungsgruppe 2

Edwin Bader (19 September 1915 — 12 July 1944) 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. Edwin Bader died on 12 July 1944 in a training accident over Finkenheerd.

Awards

  • Flugzeugfuhrerabzeichen
  • Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold with Pendant
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black
  • in Silver
  • German Cross in Gold on 19 February 1943 as Oberleutnant in the 5.(H)/Aufklarungsgruppe 12
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 26 March 1944 as Oberleutnant and observer in the 2./Nahaufklarungsgruppe 16

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