Willi Dous

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Allegiance Nazi Germany Name Willi Dous Unit Kampfgeschwader 3		Years of service 1935–41 Service/branch Luftwaffe

Rank Hauptmann (Posthumously) Battles/wars Spanish Civil War World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Battle of Britain Invasion of Yugoslavia Eastern Front Died 1941, Yartsevo, Smolensk Oblast, Russia Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars Spanish Civil War, Invasion of Poland

Willi Dous (16 June 1916 – Fall 1941) was a highly decorated Hauptmann in the Luftwaffe during World War II, and 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

Aviator badge (13 December 1935)

Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe

in Bronze (?)

in Silver (25 May 1941)

in Gold (1 June 1941)

Medalla de la Campana

Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords

Sudetenland Medal with Prague Castle Bar

Iron Cross (1939)

2nd Class (12 December 1939)

1st Class (25 June 1940)

Wound Badge (1939)

in Black (1 March 1941)

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 5 July 1941 as Oberleutnant and pilot in the 8./Kampfgeschwader 3 "Lutzow"

References

Willi Dous Wikipedia

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