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Paul Hubert Rauh

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Years of service
  
1933–45 1956–74

Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe

Name
  
Paul-Hubert Rauh

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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

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