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Gerhard Richter (pilot)

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Service/branch
  
Heer Luftwaffe

Unit
  
LG 1

Years of service
  
1934–45 ?–1970

Name
  
Gerhard Richter

Died
  
12 March 1995(1995-03-12) (aged 81) Neckargemund

Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Rank
  
Major (Wehrmacht) Oberstleutnant (Bundeswehr)

Gerhard Richter (21 November 1913 – 12 March 1995) was a highly decorated Major 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

  • Flugzeugfuhrerabzeichen (20 December 1936)
  • Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold (15 June 1941)
  • Spanish Cross in Gold
  • Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (21 September 1943)
  • Sudetenland Medal (2 October 1939)
  • Memel Medal (26 October 1939)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (16 September 1939)
  • 1st Class (27 May 1940)
  • Medaglia d'Argento al Valore Militare (20 November 1941)
  • German Cross in Gold (9 January 1943)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 24 November 1940 as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitan of the 9.(K)/Lehrgeschwader 1
  • References

    Gerhard Richter (pilot) Wikipedia