Rall, Günther
- Date of birth:
- March 10th, 1918 (Gaggenau/Baden, Germany)
- Date of death:
- October 4th, 2009 (Bad-Reichenhall/Bavaria, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Promotions:
?: Oberst (Bundeswehr)
?: Generalleutnant.
Career:
October 1st, 1964 - March 31st, 1966; Kommodore Jagdbombergeschwader 34;
January 1st, 1971 - March 31st, 1974: Inspekteur, Führungsstab der Luftwaffe (Bundeswehr).
Günther Rall achieved a total of 274 victories in 621 operational sorties.
After the Second World War he served from 1st January 1956 until 30th September 1975 with the Bundeswehr and finally became Generalleutnant and Inspekteur der Luftwaffe.
Career:
1936: Wehrmacht;
July 1st, 1938: Luftwaffe;
?: Kommandeur III. / Jagdgeschwader 52;
?: Kommnadeur II. / Jagdgeschwader 11;
November 1944 - February 1945: Kommanduer Verbansführerschule des Generals der Jagdflieger;
February 1945 - May 1945: Kommodore Jagdgeschwader 300 "Wilde Sau";
May 1945 - August 1945: POW;
January 1st, 1956 - September 30th, 1975: Bundeswehr;
1971 - 1974: Inspekteur der Luftwaffe;
1974 - 1975: Deutscher Militärischer Bevollmächtigter, NATO-Militärausschuss, Brüssel.
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- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 29th, 1943
Captain Rall, leader of a fighter group, achieved his 200th aerial victory on 28 August.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- November 30th, 1943
Major Rall, group commander of a fighter wing, achieved his 250th aerial victory on the Eastern Front on 28 November 1943.
Sources
- Photo 1: Norbert Beyerlein
- Photo: Beyerlein sammlung
- - 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
- Die Inspekteure
- Jagdbombergeschwader 34 (1958)