Rudorffer, Erich
- Date of birth:
- November 1st, 1917 (Zwochau/Saxonia, Germany)
- Date of death:
- April 8th, 2016 (Bad Schwartau/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Erich Rudorffer achieved 224 victories in over 1000 operational sorties.
Promotions:
?: Oberfeldwebel;
October 2nd, 1940: Leutnant;
?: Oberleutnant;
?: Hauptmann;
?: Major.
Career:
?: Deutsche Lufthansa;
November 1st, 1939: 2. / Jagdgeschwader 2;
?: Flugzeugführer 6. / Jagdgeschwader 2;
November 11th, 1941: Staffelkapitän 6. / Jagdgeschwader 2;
?: Führer II. / Jagdgeschwader 2;
May 1943: Kommandeur II. / Jagdgeschwader 2;
June 1943: Kommanduer IV. / Jagdgeschwader 54;
July/August 1943: Kommandeur II. / Jagdgeschwader 54;
January 15th, 1945: Kommandeur I. / Jagdgeschwader 7;
?: Kraftfahrbundesamt (BRD).
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 22nd, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 28th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 20th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer 6. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen", Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- May 1st, 1941
184th Luftwaffe Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- 2. Staffel, I. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen", Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- December 9th, 1941
Award 6/6
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major (Squadron Leader)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, II. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 54 "Grünherz", Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- April 11th, 1944
447th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major (Squadron Leader)
- Awarded on:
- October 30th, 1944
"Among those aerial victories in Courland that had been reported yesterday are eleven aircraft shot down by the recipient of the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Major Rudorffer bringing his total to 206 aerial victories."
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major (Squadron Leader)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, II. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 54 "Grünherz", Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- January 26th, 1945
126th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Vapaudenristin 2.luokka (VR 2)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Mark C. Yerger
- Photo: Mark C. Yerger archive
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- KUROWSKI, F., Knight's Cross Holders of the Afrikakorps, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Atglen, United States, 1996.
- KUROWSKI, F., Oberleutnant Otto Kittel, Flechsig, 2007.
- OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- 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
- Ritterkreuz Archiv, Ausgabe Nr. II/2016, Verlag Veit Scherzer
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