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Walter Brandt (pilot)

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe

Role
  
Pilot


Name
  
Walter Brandt

Years of service
  
1939–45

Rank
  
Oberleutnant

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Battles/wars
  
World War II Operation Barbarossa Siege of Malta North African Campaign Defense of the Reich

Died
  
January 18, 1977, Bottrop, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Operation Barbarossa, Siege of Malta, North African Campaign, Defence of the Reich, World War II

Unit
  
Lehrgeschwader 2, Jagdgeschwader 77, Jagdgeschwader 3

Walter Brandt (24 March 1917 – 18 January 1977) was a German Luftwaffe ace 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. Walter Brandt was credited with 43 aerial victories in 527 missions.

Awards

  • Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (5 September 1942)
  • Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Silver
  • German Cross in Gold on 12 December 1942 as Feldwebel in the 2./Jagdgeschwader 77
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 24 March 1943 as Oberfeldwebel and pilot in the I./Jagdgeschwader 77

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