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Karl Hermann Millahn

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Years of service
  
?–1945

Name
  
Karl-Hermann Millahn

Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe

Commands held
  
IV./KG 76 III./EkG 1

Died
  
1981, Werne, Germany

Unit
  
Kampfgeschwader 76

Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Rank
  
Major (Wehrmacht) Oberstleutnant (Bundeswehr)

Battles/wars
  
World War II Eastern Front Mediterranean Campaign Battle of the Bulge

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Eastern Front, Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II, Battle of the Bulge, World War II

Karl-Hermann Millahn (9 December 1916 – 7 October 1981) was a highly decorated Major 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 (15 June 1942)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • German Cross in Gold (13 August 1942)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 29 February 1944 as Hauptmann and Staffelkapitan of the Stabsstaffel/Kampfgeschwader 76

    • References

    Karl-Hermann Millahn Wikipedia
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