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Knotzer, Josef
Knotzer, Josef
Date of birth:
March 9th, 1910 (Pötsching/Mattersburg, Austria-Hungary)
Date of death:
April 9th, 1997 (Eisenstadt, Austria)
Nationality:
German
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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major (Squadron Leader)
Unit:
Kommandant Flughafen Horst Wiesbaden
,
Führer der Alarmeinheiten aus dem Raum Wiesbaden bei Remagen
Awarded on:
March 23rd, 1945
Awarded for his leadership of the Luftgau XII’s alarm units subordinated to the 9. Panzer-Division in early 1945. He achieved a local defense success with this unit in the Rheinbreitbach - Bad Honnef area.
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URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011
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