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Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe

Name
  
Johannes Pfeiffer

Years of service
  
?–1945 1956–75

Johannes Pfeiffer
Died
  
26 December 1994(1994-12-26) (aged 78) Timmendorfer Strand

Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Rank
  
Hauptmann (Wehrmacht) Oberst (Bundeswehr)

Unit
  
Lehrgeschwader 1 Erprobungsgruppe 210 Sturzkampfgeschwader 5

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Johannes Pfeiffer (8 December 1916 – 26 December 1994) was a highly decorated Hauptmann 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. During his career he flew 200 combat missions. In 1956 he joined the Bundeswehr and rose to the rank of Oberst, retiring in 1975.

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Awards and decorations

  • Flugzeugfuhrerabzeichen
  • Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 10 October 1941 as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitan of the 12.(Stuka)/Lehrgeschwader 1

    • References

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