Paul Hubert Rauh

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Years of service 1933–45 1956–74 Service/branch Luftwaffe		Name Paul-Hubert Rauh

Allegiance First Austrian Republic (to 1938) Nazi Germany (to 1945) Second Austrian Republic Rank Major (Wehrmacht) Oberst (Bundesheer) Commands held II./Nachtjagdgeschwader 4 Battles/wars World War II Defense of the Reich Died August 30, 2005, Pitten, Austria Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars Defence of the Reich, World War II Unit Nachtjagdgeschwader 1, Nachtjagdgeschwader 4

Paul-Hubert Rauh (15 November 1913 – 30 August 2005) was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Paul-Hubert Rauh claimed 31 aerial victories, all of them at night. In the 1956 he joined Bundesheer, and retired 1974 as an Oberst.

Awards

Flugzeugfuhrerabzeichen

War Merit Cross with Swords

2nd Class (1 August 1940)

Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold

in Bronze (15 May 1942)

in Silver (3 December 1943)

in Gold (3 December 1943)

Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (10 July 1944)

Iron Cross (1939)

2nd Class (10 June 1942)

1st Class (25 September 1942)

Wound Badge (1939)

in Black (30 November 1944)

German Cross in Gold on 20 August 1944 as Hauptmann in the II./Nachtjagdgeschwader 4

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 April 1945 as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Nachtjagdgeschwader 4

References

Paul-Hubert Rauh Wikipedia

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