Joachim Petzold

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Years of service 1934–45 ?–71 Name Joachim Petzold		Unit Kampfgeschwader 27
Died 23 July 1991(1991-07-23) (aged 78) Salem Allegiance Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany Service/branch Luftwaffe (Wehrmacht) Luftwaffe (Bundeswehr) Rank Major (Wehrmacht) Oberst i.G. (Bundeswehr)

Joachim Petzold (26 February 1913 – 23 July 1991) was a highly decorated Major in the Luftwaffe and an Oberst i.G. in the Bundeswehr. 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 recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards

Flugzeugfuhrerabzeichen

Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (29 June 1942)

Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold

Sudetenland Medal

Iron Cross (1939)

2nd Class

1st Class

Wound Badge (1939)

in Black

Eastern Front Medal

Crimea Shield

German Cross in Gold (21 August 1942)

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 18 May 1943 as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"

References

Joachim Petzold Wikipedia

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