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Konrad Knabe

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Years of service
  
?–1945 1956–73

Name
  
Konrad Knabe

Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe

Unit
  
Aufklarungs-Gruppe 124

Died
  
1996, Memmingen, Germany

Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Rank
  
Major (Wehrmacht) Oberst (Bundeswehr)

Battles/wars
  
World War II Eastern Front

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Eastern Front, World War II

Konrad Knabe (18 September 1915 – 27 March 1996) 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

  • Aviator badge
  • Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • German Cross in Gold (23 December 1941)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 16 April 1943 as Hauptmann and leader of a Kette ("chain" or flight of three) in Fernaufklarungs Staffel Lappland (1.(F)/Aufklarungs-Gruppe 124) (AOK 20. Gebirgsarmee)

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