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Hager, Karl
Hager, Karl
Date of birth:
July 20th, 1919 (Stadl-Paura/Upper Austria, Austria)
Date of death:
February 4th, 1944 (Pančevo/Veliki Bečkerek, Gebiet des Militärbefehlshabers in Serbien (Kingdom of Yugoslavia)
Nationality:
Austrian
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier
Unit:
Flugzeugführer
Awarded on:
September 13th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier
Unit:
4. Staffel
,
II. Gruppe
,
Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"
,
Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
November 27th, 1942
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel (Sergeant)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer
,
4. Staffel
,
II. Gruppe
,
Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"
,
Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
February 29th, 1944
Awarded in recognition of his success as a ground attack pilot. By this time he had flown at least 600 sorties with the Ju 87.
Awarded posthumously.
Sources
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FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003
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OBERMAIER, ERNST, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Verlag Dieter Hoffmann, Mainz, 1976
.
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PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001
.
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PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008
.
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Luftwaffe Officer Career
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