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Hans Baasner

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Commands held
  
III./KG 6, I./KG 54

Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe

Years of service
  
1936–1945

Name
  
Hans Baasner

Rank
  
Hauptmann

Battles/wars
  
World War II Battle of France Battle of Britain Balkans Campaign Operation Barbarossa

Died
  
March 21, 1983, Ludenscheid, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Battle of France, Battle of Britain, Balkan Campaign, Operation Barbarossa, World War II

Unit
  
Kampfgeschwader 6, Kampfgeschwader 54

Hans Baasner (1 November 1916 – 21 March 1983) was a German Luftwaffe reconnaissance/bomber pilot and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards

  • Flugzeugfuhrerabzeichen
  • Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (20 December 1941)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • German Cross in Gold on 14 April 1942 as Oberleutnant in the 3.(F)/Aufklarungsgruppe 121
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 11 March 1943 as Oberleutnant and Flugzeugfuhrer-Beobachter (pilot/observer) in the 3./Fernaufklarungsgruppe 121

    • References

    Hans Baasner Wikipedia
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