Paul Dose

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Service/branch Luftwaffe Unit StG 2 SG 151		Years of service ?–1945 1956–80 Name Paul Dose
Born 10 February 1921 Gertshagen ( 1921-02-10 ) Died (2003-03-13) 13 March 2003 (age 12) Goppingen Allegiance Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany Rank Hauptmann (Wehrmacht) Oberst (Bundeswehr)

Paul Dose (10 February 1921 - 13 March 2003) was a highly decorated Hauptmann 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

Iron Cross (1939)

2nd Class

1st Class

German Cross in Gold on 31 August 1943 as Leutnant in the Stab III./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 May 1944 as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitan of the 9./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"

References

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