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Werner Roell

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Years of service
  
1934–45

Name
  
Werner Roell

Commands held
  
I./StG 77 I./SG 77

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Rank
  
Major (Wehrmacht) Oberstleutnant (Bundeswehr)

Battles/wars
  
World War II Invasion of Yugoslavia Battle of Crete Operation Barbarossa Battle of Kiev (1941) Battle of Moscow Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942) Battle of Kursk Defence of the Reich

Died
  
2008, Salenstein, Switzerland

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Invasion of Yugoslavia, Battle of Crete

Service/branch
  
Reichsmarine, Kriegsmarine, Luftwaffe

Unit
  
Sturzkampfgeschwader 77, Schlachtgeschwader 77, Jagdverband 44

Werner Roell (8 February 1914 – 10 May 2008) was a highly decorated Major in the Luftwaffe during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards and decorations

  • Flugzeugfuhrerabzeichen
  • Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold with Pennant
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • German Cross in Gold (24 November 1941)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 25 May 1943 as Hauptmann and Staffelkapitan of the Stabsstaffel/Sturzkampfgeschwader 77

    • References

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