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Siegfried Betke

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Years of service
  
?–1945 1950's-1973

Name
  
Siegfried Betke

Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe (Wehrmacht) Luftwaffe (Bundeswehr)

Rank
  
Hauptmann (Wehrmacht) Oberstleutnant (Bundeswehr)

Battles/wars
  
World War II North African Campaign Italian Campaign

Died
  
December 20, 1988, Cochem, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War II, North African Campaign, Italian Campaign

Unit
  
Kampfgeschwader 77, Kampfgeschwader 26

Siegfried Betke (8 March 1917 – 20 December 1988) was a Luftwaffe bomber pilot 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. Siegfried Betke joined the Bundeswehr in the 1950s and retired in 1973 as an Oberstleutnant.

Awards

  • Flugzeugfuhrerabzeichen
  • Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (11 January 1943)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • German Cross in Gold on 17 October 1943 as Oberleutnant in the 3./Kampfgeschwader 77
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 8 August 1944 as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitan of the 9./Kampfgeschwader 26

    • References

    Siegfried Betke Wikipedia
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