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Helmut Schonfelder

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Years of service
  
?-1945

Unit
  
JG 51

Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe

Rank
  
Oberfeldwebel

Name
  
Helmut Schonfelder

Died
  
23 September 2003(2003-09-23) (aged 89) Bad Schwalbach

Helmut Schonfelder (30 April 1914 – 23 September 2003) was a German Luftwaffe ace 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. Helmut Schonfelder was credited with 75 aerial victories.

Awards

  • Flugzeugfuhrerabzeichen
  • Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe
  • Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (19 June 1944)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • German Cross in Gold (1 January 1945)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 31 March 1945 as Oberfeldwebel and pilot in the Stabstaffel/Jagdgeschwader 51 "Molders"

    • References

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