Date of birth:

April 10th, 1914 (Berlin-Charlottenburg/Prussia, Germany)

Date of death:

March 1945 (Silesia, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Herbert Ruhnke finally reached the rank of Feldwebel.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)

Unit:

Geschützführer 3. / Panzerjäger-Abteilung 294

Awarded on:

February 8th, 1943

The following wartime excerpt describes why Ruhnke received the Knight’s Cross…

“Unteroffizier Herbert Ruhnke… destroyed 8 heavy Bolshevik tanks within a very short time while serving as a gun commander in a Panzerjäger-Abteilung during the intense fighting in the Don region. By doing so he decisively contributed to the successful defense against this attack.”

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• Photo 1: Wilco Vermeer
• Photo: Wilco Vermeer collection, the Netherlands
• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
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