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Paul Birnkraut

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Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe

Unit
  
Aufklarungsgruppe 121

Years of service
  
?–1945 ?–1975

Name
  
Paul Birnkraut

Died
  
1 January 1987(1987-01-01) (aged 67) Munich

Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Rank
  
Hauptmann (Wehrmacht) Oberstleutnant (Bundeswehr)

Paul Birnkraut (8 April 1919 – 1 January 1987) was a highly decorated Oberleutnant 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 in Gold
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe on 9 February 1942 as Leutnant and pilot
  • German Cross in Gold on 4 March 1942 as Oberleutnant in the 1.(F)/Aufklarungsgruppe 121
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 10 May 1943 as Oberleutnant and pilot in the 1./Fernaufklarungs-Gruppe 121

    • References

    Paul Birnkraut Wikipedia
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