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Years of service
  
1937–45 1956–72

Name
  
Herbert Bartels

Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe (Wehrmacht) Luftwaffe (Bundeswehr)

Rank
  
Hauptmann (Wehrmacht) Hauptmann (Bundeswehr)

Unit
  
Flak-Regiment 293 (mot.)

Battles/wars
  
World War II Defense of the Reich Battle of Stalingrad Crimean Offensive

Died
  
July 1, 2009, Landau, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Defence of the Reich, Battle of Stalingrad, Crimean Offensive, World War II

Herbert Karl Hermann Bartels (15 August 1917 – 1 July 2009) was a highly decorated Hauptmann in the Luftwaffe during World War II. He was also 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. Herbert Bartels was captured by American troops April 1945, he was released in August. In 1956 he joined the Bundeswehr, retiring in 1972.

Awards

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (29 May 1940)
  • 1st Class (15 October 1940)
  • Anti-Aircraft Flak Battle Badge (19 August 1940)
  • Eastern Front Medal (27 August 1942)
  • Ground Assault Badge of the Luftwaffe (5 November 1943)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Silver (28 July 1944)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 22 November 1943 as Oberleutnant and leader of the 3./Flak-Regiment 293 (motorized)
  • German Cross in Gold on 20 March 1945 as Hauptmann in the 3./schwere Flak-Abteilung 293

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