Raht, Gerhard Ferdinand Otto (NJG 2)
- Date of birth:
- June 6th, 1920 (Reinfeld/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
- Date of death:
- January 11th, 1977 (Reinfeld/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Gerhard Raht flew a total of 171 missions with 58 victories. He scored his first victory on July 26th/27th 1942. In the night from 15 to 16 March 1945 he achieved 5 victories (nr's 54 till 58).
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Flugzeugführerabzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- April 3rd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän 1. / Nachtjagdgeschwader 2
- Awarded on:
- March 13th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän, 1. Staffel, Nachtjagdgeschwader 2
- Awarded on:
- September 6th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän, 1. Staffel, Nachtjagdgeschwader 2
- Awarded on:
- January 28th, 1944
Award 3/520
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän, 1. Staffel, Nachtjagdgeschwader 2
- Awarded on:
- June 24th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Awarded on:
- February 10th, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, I. Gruppe, Nachtjagdgeschwader 2
- Awarded on:
- April 15th, 1945
Awarded in recognition of his 58 night victories, of which all but one were four-engined bombers. On one occasion he was able to destroy 6 in a single night.
833th Award.
833th Award.
Sources
- Photo 1: Onno Hilko Boerma
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- Onno Boerma
- Lexikon der Wehrmacht
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