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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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