Lau, Kurt
- Date of birth:
- April 12th, 1916 (Danzig/Westernprussia, Germany)
- Date of death:
- April 30th, 1993 (Kaufbeuren/Bavaria, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Kurt Lau served after the war with the Bundeswehr from 1956 until 30th September 1972 and finally reached the rank of Oberstleutnant.
Flew a total of 897 ground attack sorties, during which he destroyed about 70-80 tanks and achieved 2 aerial victories.
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- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän 1. / Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"
- Awarded on:
- April 6th, 1944
Awarded after flying 725 ground attack sorties.
Sources
- Photo 1: Mark C. Yerger
- Photo: Mark C. Yerger archive
- - 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