Eitel Albert Barth

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Years of service ?–1945 1956–1960 Unit Kampfgeschwader 55		Name Eitel-Albert Barth
Allegiance Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany Service/branch Luftwaffe (Wehrmacht) Luftwaffe (Bundeswehr) Rank Hauptmann (Wehrmacht) Major (Bundeswehr) Battles/wars World War II Battle of the Netherlands Battle of Belgium Battle of France Battle of Britain Operation Barbarossa Battle of Kiev (1941) Battle of Stalingrad Battle of Kursk Died May 4, 2004, Flims, Switzerland Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Eitel-Albert Barth (7 December 1915 – 4 May 2004) was a German Luftwaffe bomber pilot and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Eitel-Albert Barth joined the post-war Bundeswehr in 1956, he retired in 1960 as a Major.

Awards

Flugzeugfuhrerabzeichen

Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe

Iron Cross (1939)

2nd Class

1st Class

Eastern Front Medal

German Cross in Gold on 2 January 1942 as Leutnant in the 6./Kampfgeschwader 55

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 24 March 1943 as Oberleutnant and Staffelfuhrer of the 4./Kampfgeschwader 55 "Greif"

References

Eitel-Albert Barth Wikipedia

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