Reinhard Aigen

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Allegiance Nazi Germany Name Reinhard Aigen Rank Oberfeldwebel		Years of service 1935–43 Service/branch Luftwaffe Unit Kampfgeschwader 4
Battles/wars World War II Annexation of the Sudetenland Invasion of Poland Operation Weserubung Battle of the Netherlands Battle of Belgium Battle of France Battle of Britain Balkans Campaign Siege of Leningrad Demyansk Pocket Battle of Kursk Died September 19, 1943, Orsha, Belarus Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars Invasion of Poland, Operation Weserubung

Reinhard Georg Aigen (20 May 1913 – 19 September 1943) was a German Luftwaffe flight engineer and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Reinhard Aigen was killed on 19 September 1943 at Orsha. He was posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross on the Iron Cross on 9 June 1944. In total, Aigen is credited with flying 447 combat missions, 313 of which on the Eastern Front and 68 lasted longer than 4 hours and were counted double. This ruling resulted in a theoretical total of 515 combat flights.

Awards

Air Gunner Badge (Fliegerschutzenabzeichen fur Bordschutzen und Bordmechaniker) (18 November 1937)

Sudetenland Medal (28 September 1939)

Iron Cross (1939)

2nd Class (24 October 1939)

1st Class (12 September 1940)

Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold (25 March 1941)

Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (20 June 1941)

Wound Badge

in Black (11 September 1943)

Eastern Front Medal (3 August 1942)

German Cross in Gold on 6 March 1942 as Oberfeldwebel in the I./Kampfgeschwader 4

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 June 1944 as Oberfeldwebel and Bordmechaniker in the 7./Kampfgeschwader 4

References

Reinhard Aigen Wikipedia

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