Staiger, Hermann (Jagdgeschwader 51)
- Date of birth:
- April 6th, 1915 (Tennenbronn/Villingen, Germany)
- Date of death:
- June 22nd, 1964 (Freiburg, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Flew a total of over 400 sorties, during which he achieved 63 aerial victories (including 13 in the East and 26 four-engined bombers).
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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän, 7. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 51
- Awarded on:
- July 16th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- 12. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 26
- Awarded on:
- October 27th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 20th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Igor Poul
- - OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
- SCHERZER, V., Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945, Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag, Jena, 2005.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001
- Documents and information via Hermann Historica 53.Auktion catalogue
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