Steudel, Josef

Date of birth:: November 21st, 1917 (Kottern/Kempten, Germany)
Date of death:: May 4th, 2004 (Wernersville (PA), USA)
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
Awarded on:: September 9th, 1940

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
Awarded on:: September 25th, 1940

Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
Awarded on:: October 19th, 1940

Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
Awarded on:: June 20th, 1941

Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:: 2. / Kampfgeschwader 2
Awarded on:: August 21st, 1942

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:: Staffelkapitän 8. / Kampfgeschwader 2
Awarded on:: October 29th, 1944

Awarded due to his completion of 165 sorties, of which 105 were against England (including 50 against London). These were flown under unusually difficult circumstances, and this was taken into account in his Knight's Cross recommendation.

Flugzeugführerabzeichen

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Ärmelband Kreta

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Sources

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- URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
- Die Ritterkreuztraeger der Deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS