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Ernst Blauensteiner

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Name
  
Ernst Blauensteiner

Unit
  
2nd Parachute Corps

Rank
  
Oberst


Born
  
16 May 1911 Vienna, Austria (
1911-05-16
)

Allegiance
  
First Austrian Republic (to 1938)  Nazi Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War II Operation Weserubung Battle of Britain Operation Barbarossa Operation Overlord Falaise pocket

Died
  
August 18, 1995, Vienna, Austria

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Operation Weserubung, Battle of Britain

Service/branch
  
Austrian Armed Forces (1929–1938), Luftwaffe (1938–1945)

Ernst Blauensteiner (16 May 1911 – 18 August 1995) was a highly decorated Oberst i.G. in the Fallschirmjager 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.

Awards and decorations

  • Austrian Observer Badge (3 June 1935)
  • Austrian Pilot Badge (1 July 1937)
  • Austrian Army Drivers License Instructor Badge (27 July 1937)
  • Observer Badge (28 September 1938).
  • Flugzeugfuhrer- und Beobachterabzeichen (11 December 1939)
  • Iron Cross (1939).
  • 2nd Class (12 April 1940)
  • 1st Class (27 June 1940)
  • Fallschirmschutzenabzeichen (6 February 1944)
  • Ground Assault Badge of the Luftwaffe (21 August 1944)
  • German Cross in Gold on 5 September 1944 as Oberstleutnant im Generalstab (in the General Staff) in the II. Fallschirmkorps
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 29 October 1944 as Oberstleutnant im Generalstab and chief of the Generalstab II. Fallschirmkorps
  • Order of the Cross of Liberty 3rd Class (23 August 1942)

    • References

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