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Gerhard Dietrich (pilot)

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Years of service
  
?–1945

Name
  
Gerhard Dietrich

Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe

Unit
  
KG 55

Died
  
10 August 1982(1982-08-10) (aged 73) Woltorf

Rank
  
Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel

Gerhard Dietrich (30 April 1917 – 10 August 1982) was a highly decorated Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel in the Luftwaffe during World War II, and 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

  • Aviator badge
  • Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe
  • in Bronze (?)
  • in Silver (1942)
  • in Gold (2 July 1942)
  • in Gold with Pennant (10 May 1943)
  • Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (14 December 1942)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (30 March 1942)
  • 1st Class (3 June 1942)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black (10 December 1942)
  • Crimea Shield (15 March 1943)
  • German Cross in Gold on 20 March 1943 as Unteroffizier in the 4./Kampfgeschwader 55
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 June 1944 as Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel and pilot in the Stab/Kampfgeschwader 55

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