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Herbert Rabben

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Years of service
  
?–1945 1959–70

Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe

Name
  
Herbert Rabben

Rank
  
Oberfeldwebel

Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War II Eastern Front

Died
  
1995, Bad Zwischenahn, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Eastern Front, World War II

Unit
  
Sturzkampfgeschwader 77, Schlachtgeschwader 77

Herbert Rabben (26 August 1918 – 25 March 1995) was a highly decorated Oberfeldwebel 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
  • Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe
  • Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (10 August 1942)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • German Cross in Gold (9 January 1943)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 May 1944 as Oberfeldwebel and pilot in the 3./Schlachtgeschwader 77

    • References

    Herbert Rabben Wikipedia
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