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Ernst Kühl

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Years of service
  
1910–281936–44

Rank
  
Oberst der Reserves


Unit
  
Kampfgeschwader 55

Name
  
Ernst Kuhl

Ernst Kühl CC 08 COLONEL DR ERNST KHL RKT WITH OAKS HOFFMANN POSTCARD

Died
  
2 February 1972(1972-02-02) (aged 83)Munster, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1928) Nazi Germany

Service/branch
  
Deutsches Heer (1910–1918)Reichswehr (1918–28)Luftwaffe (1936–45)

Ernst Kühl (24 October 1888 – 2 February 1972) was a German officer in the Luftwaffe during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

Awards and decorations

  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (1939) & 1st Class (1940)
  • German Cross in Gold on 21 August 1942 as Oberstleutnant in the II./Kampfgeschwader 55
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 17 October 1942 as Oberstleutnant of the Reserve and Geschwaderkommodore of Kampfgeschwader 55
  • 356th Oak Leaves on 18 December 1943 as Oberst of the Reserves and Geschwaderkommodore of Kampfgeschwader 55 "Greif"
  • Mentioned twice in the Wehrmachtbericht (11 April 1944 and 24 June 1944)
  • Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
    • Ernst Kühl Ernst Khl 18 March 1888 2 February 1972 RK 17101942

    References

    Ernst Kühl Wikipedia
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