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Matthias Bermadinger

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Name
  
Matthias Bermadinger

Unit
  
Kampfgeschwader 55

Years of service
  
?–1944

Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe

Rank
  
Hauptmann (Posthumously)

Battles/wars
  
World War II Battle of France Battle of Britain Operation Barbarossa

Died
  
February 18, 1944, Pskov, Russia

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Battle of France, Battle of Britain, Operation Barbarossa, World War II

Matthias Bermadinger (31 October 1919 – 18 February 1944) was a German Luftwaffe bomber pilot and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Matthias Bermadinger was killed on 18 February 1944 over Pskov, Russia. He was posthumously promoted to Hauptmann and on 5 April 1944 was simultaneously awarded the Knight's Cross.

Awards

  • Flugzeugfuhrerabzeichen
  • Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • German Cross in Gold on 24 April 1942 as Leutnant in the 9./Kampfgeschwader 55
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 5 April 1944 (posthumously) as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitan of the 14./Kampfgeschwader 55

    • References

    Matthias Bermadinger Wikipedia
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