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Otto Menges

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Years of service
  
1937–44

Name
  
Otto Menges

Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Rank
  
Leutnant

Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe

Otto Menges
Born
  
9 May 1917 Bechtolsheim (
1917-05-09
)

Unit
  
6./Fallschirmjager-Regiment 1

Battles/wars
  
World War II Norwegian Campaign Battle of Crete Eastern Front Italian Campaign Battle of Monte Cassino

Died
  
May 24, 1944, Cassino, Italy

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Norwegian Campaign, Battle of Crete, Eastern Front, Italian Campaign, Battle of Monte Cassino, World War II

Otto Menges (9 May 1917 – 24 May 1944) was a highly decorated Leutnant in the Fallschirmjager during World War II and a Oberst 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 recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Otto Menges was killed in action on 24 May 1944 near Cassino, Italy. He was posthumously promoted to Leutnant and on 9 June 1944 was awarded the Knight's Cross.

Awards and Decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (18 April 1940)
  • 1st Class (29 June 1941)
  • Ground Assault Badge of the Luftwaffe (1 October 1942)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black (20 January 1941)
  • in Silver (16 December 1943)
  • Cuffband "Kreta" (20 May 1943)
  • German Cross in Gold (20 March 1944)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 June 1944 as Oberfeldwebel and Zugfuhrer (platoon leader) in the 6./Fallschirmjager-Regiment 1

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