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Hans Bennemann

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Years of service
  
?–1945 1950's-78

Unit
  
Kampfgeschwader 55

Name
  
Hans Bennemann

Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe (Wehrmacht) Luftwaffe (Bundeswehr)

Rank
  
Hauptmann (Wehrmacht) Oberstleutnant (Bundewsehr)

Battles/wars
  
World War II Battle of Britain Channel Front Operation Barbarossa

Died
  
April 7, 1993, Mechernich, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War II, Battle of Britain, Western Front, Operation Barbarossa

Hans Bennemann (30 August 1921 – 7 April 1993) was a German Luftwaffe 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. Hans Bennemann joined the Bundeswehr in the 1950s and retired in 1978 as an Oberstleutnant.

Awards

  • Flugzeugfuhrerabzeichen
  • Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • German Cross in Gold on 26 February 1943 as Leutnant in the 7./Kampfgeschwader 55
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 26 March 1944 as Oberleutnant and pilot in the 7./Kampfgeschwader 55

    • References

    Hans Bennemann Wikipedia
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