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A total of 7 awards were made in 1940, 50 in 1941, 111 in 1942, 192 in 1943, 328 in 1944, and 194 in 1945, giving a total of 882 recipients—excluding the 8 foreign recipients of the award . The number of 882 Oak Leaves recipients is based on the analysis and acceptance of the order commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients ...
Oct 14, 2018 · At this time Rall had claimed 36 aerial victories. His achievements earned him the German Cross in Gold in December 1941. Rall returned in August 1942 and was awarded the Knight's Cross on 3 September 1942 for 65 enemy aircraft shot down. By 22 October Rall had claimed 100 and received the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves.
The Iron Cross was originally founded in 1813 and was considered Germany’s highest military decoration. The Iron Cross was conferred upon military personnel who rendered outstanding service and demonstrated unwavering bravery in the face of the enemy. In order to receive a higher grade, an individual had to first receive a lower grade.
Following a short flight test tour in Germany at Rechlin, Schenck went back into combat in March 1942 as Group Commander of I/ZG 1 (Group I of ZG 1), leading his unit to many successes in Russia. At age 29, he received the Oak Leaves to his Knight’s Cross and was selected to command the newly created SG (Fighter-Bomber Wing) 2, flying Focke ...
A total of 7 awards were made in 1940, 50 in 1941, 111 in 1942, 192 in 1943, 328 in 1944, and 194 in 1945, giving a total of 882 recipients—excluding the 8 foreign recipients of the award. This total is based on the analysis and acceptance of the order commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR), [1] but author and ...
The majority of the disputed recipients had received the award in 1945, when the deteriorating situation of Germany during the final days of World War II left a number of nominations incomplete and pending in various stages of the approval process. Listed here are the 280 Knight's Cross recipients whose last name starts with "F".
Knight’s Cross: 7,313 (according to other sources 7,318 to 7,361; including 73 foreigners) Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves: 882 + 9 foreigners (Degrelle, Dumitrescu, Koga, Lascar, Muñoz Grandes, Mannerheim, Rebane, Teodorini, Yamamoto) Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords: 159 + 1 foreigner (Yamamoto)
