Blauensteiner, Ernst

Date of birth:: May 16th, 1911 (Vienna-Hietzing, Austria)
Date of death:: August 18th, 1995 (Vienna, Austria)
Nationality:: Austrian

Biography

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Flugzeugbeobachterabzeichen

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberleutnant (Lieutenant)
Unit:: 1. (Fern) 24
Awarded on:: September 28th, 1938

Gemeinsames Flugzeugfuhrer-Beobachter Abzeichen (ohne brillianten)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:: Kapitän 2. / Aufklärungsgruppe 22
Awarded on:: December 11th, 1939

Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:: Kapitän 2. / Aufklärungsgruppe 22
Awarded on:: April 12th, 1940

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:: Kapitän 2. / Aufklärungsgruppe 22
Awarded on:: June 27th, 1940

Vapaudenristin 3.luokka (VR 3)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Major im Generalstab (Major in General Staff)
Unit:: Generalstab der Luftwaffe (General Staff Luftwaffe)
Awarded on:: August 23rd, 1942

Fallschirmschützenabzeichen der Luftwaffe

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: February 6th, 1944

Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe ohne zahlen

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: August 21st, 1944

Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberstleutnant im Generalstab (Lieutenant Colonel)
Unit:: Chef des Generalstabes, II. Fallschirm-Korps, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:: September 5th, 1944

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberstleutnant im Generalstab (Lieutenant Colonel)
Unit:: Chef des Generalstabes, II. Fallschirm-Korps, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:: October 29th, 1944

During the final fighting in the Falaise pocket the bulk of 7. Armee was encircled. In response the commander of II. Fallschirm-Korps (namely General Meindl) ordered the remnants of his Korps to break out in two large groups. Oberstleutnant i.G. Blauensteiner commanded the southern Kampfgruppe, and under his outstanding leadership it managed to break out of the pocket. Meindl would recommend him for the Knight’s Cross as a result of this achievement.