Date of birth:

June 19th, 1920 (Nordhalden/Konstanz, Germany)

Date of death:

January 20th, 2011 (Offenburg/Baden-Württemberg, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Friedrich Rumpelhardt flew as Radio-operator with Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer with Nachjagd-Geschwader 1 and Nachtjagd-Geschwader 4. He was the most successful night fighter radio operator during WWII. He was nominated for the Eichenlaub on March 8th 1945 and completed a total of 130 sorties and participated in 100 night victories.

From 1967 until 1984 he served as Leiter des Landwirtschaftsamts in Offenburg.

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• Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
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