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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Name
  
Eugen-Ludwig Zweigart

Rank
  
Oberleutnant

Years of service
  
1935–44

Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe

Unit
  
Jagdgeschwader 54

Battles/wars
  
World War IIEastern FrontWestern Front

Died
  
June 8, 1944, Normandy, France

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Eastern Front, Western Front, World War II

Eugen-Ludwig Zweigart (3 May 1914 – 8 June 1944) a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He was credited with 69 victories.

Zweigart was shot down flying Focke Wulf Fw-190 A-8 (Werknummer 170 736—factory number) in aerial combat near Le Cambaux, France on 8 June 1944. He bailed out but was shot and killed while hanging in his parachute.

Awards

  • Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
  • West Wall Medal
  • Eastern Front Medal
  • Wound Badge (1939) in Black
  • Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe
  • Flugzeugfuhrerabzeichen
  • Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (26 October 1942)
  • German Cross in Gold on 17 November 1942 as Oberfeldwebel in the 9./JG 54
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 22 January 1943 as Oberfeldwebel and pilot in the 5./JG 54

    • References

    Eugen-Ludwig Zweigart Wikipedia
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