Klaus, Johann-Alfred "Johannes"
- Date of birth:
- September 4th, 1918 (Treis an der Mosel/Rhineprovince, Germany)
- Date of death:
- July 7th, 2018
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Johann Klaus served after the Second World War in the Bundeswehr from 1st April 1956 until 30th September 1977. Here he finally reached the rank of Oberst im Generalstab.
Flew a total of 812 ground attack sorties during WWII.
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- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Staffelführer 6. / Schlachtgeschwader 1
- Awarded on:
- March 26th, 1944
Awarded after flying approximately 600 ground attack sorties. By the time of his 500th mission he had destroyed the following enemy materiel…
- 65 tanks
- 10 trains
- 5 Katyusha rocket launchers
- 37 guns
Sources
- Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
- - OBERMAIER, ERNST, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Verlag Dieter Hoffmann, Mainz, 1976.
- 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
- Patzwall K.D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Studien zur Geschichte der Auszeichnungen, Band 6, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008, ISBN 978-3-931533-08-3
- Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945