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Ernst Siegfried Steen

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Commands held
  
III./StG 2

Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe

Years of service
  
?–1941

Name
  
Ernst-Siegfried Steen

Rank
  
Hauptmann

Battles/wars
  
World War II Annexation of the Sudetenland Invasion of Poland Battle of France Battle of Britain Balkans Campaign Operation Barbarossa Siege of Leningrad

Died
  
September 23, 1941, Kronstadt, Russia

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Invasion of Poland, Battle of France

Ernst-Siegfried Steen (25 September 1912 – 23 September 1941) 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. Ernst-Siegfried Steen was killed on 23 September 1941 after being hit by anti-aircraft fire from the cruiser Kirov in Kronstadt harbour. He was posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 October 1941.

Awards

  • Flugzeugfuhrerabzeichen
  • Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold
  • Sudetenland Medal with Prague Castle Bar (1 October 1939)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (15 September 1939)
  • 1st Class (28 May 1940)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 October 1941 as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"

    • References

    Ernst-Siegfried Steen Wikipedia
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