Mager, Rolf (Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 6)
- Date of birth:
- December 1st, 1917 (Königstein/Saxony, Germany)
- Date of death:
- January 1st, 1945 (Bogheim, Germany)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery Königswinter - Ittenbach
Plot: D. Row: 9. Grave: 174. - Nationality:
- German
Biography
According to Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht Teil 2 the POB is Wuppertal.
Promotions:
01.01.1938: Leutnant mit RDA vom 1-1-1939 (41);
01.08.1940: Oberleutnant;
01.02.1943: Hauptmann;
?: Major.
Career:
October 1st, 1936: Luft-Nachrichten Ersatz-Bataillon II/14, Gütersloh;
August 1st, 1938: Luftgau-Nachrichten-Regiment 13;
January 1st, 1941: Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1;
January 1944: mit den Führung beauftragd II. / Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 6;
May 1st, 1944: Kommandeur II. / Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 6.
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Fallschirmschützenabzeichen der Luftwaffe
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1, 1. Fallschirmjäger-Division, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- June 17th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- April 1st, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Awarded on:
- June 5th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, II. Bataillon, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 6, 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- September 28th, 1944
Date known through Bekantgabe Luftwaffe-Verordnungsblatt.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, II. Bataillon, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 6, 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- October 31st, 1944
“Hauptmann Mager, Battalion commander in a Fallschirmjäger-Regiment, halted a strong enemy armoured attack against his Battalion through his prudent and energetic intervention, and thereafter continued to hold the position against further enemy attacks. The commander and his men let the tanks roll over their foxholes and then threw back the enemy infantry which followed them. On the following night Hauptmann Mager (supported by a Sturmgeschütz Abteilung) conducted a counterattack with one of his Kompanien. He accompanied his troops as they charged into the enemy and thereafter, with the rest of his Battalion, created a new defensive front to the north of the lost village of B. under the most difficult conditions imaginable. By doing this he prevented the intended enemy breakthrough along the main road to T. For this decisive act the Führer awarded the Knight’s Cross to Hauptmann Mager.”
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, II. Bataillon, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 6, 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- November 30th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Wehrkundearchiv
- Photo: Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv
- - DÖRR, M., Die Träger der Nahkampfspange in Gold, Heer - Luftwaffe - Waffen-SS 1943-1945, Biblio-Verlag, Bisendorf, 2006.
- FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- SCHINDLER, MICHAEL G., Ritterkreuzträger aus Sachsen 1939-1945, libergraphix, 2013.
- Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht Teil 2: Fallschirmjäger, Franz Thomas & Günter Wegmann, Biblio Verlag - Osnabrück 1986
- Die Ritterkreuzträger der Flugabwehrtruppen Band 2: L- Z, Franz Thomas / Günter Wegmann, Biblio Verlag - Osnabrück 1991
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