Schwarm, Kurt
- Date of birth:
- April 11th, 1922 (Nitzlin, Germany)
- Date of death:
- August 25th, 2008 (Adelaide, Australia)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Obergefreiter (Corporal)
- Unit:
- Kradmelder Stab / Panzergrenadier-Regiment 98
- Awarded on:
- January 11th, 1945
"Obergefreite Schwarm, motorcycle messenger in the staff of a Panzergrenadier-Regiment, destroyed 3 enemy tanks and 1 heavy anti-tank in close combat within the space of a single hour while he was conducting a motorcycle dispatch run north of the Danube."
For this action he received the Knight's Cross on the same day of the announcement.
- 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)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- - HUß, JÜRGEN & SONDERMANN, HEINZ-WERNER, Ritterkreuzträger im Mannschaftsstand 1941-1945, VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, 2009.
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Photo via Axis History Biographical Research via Axis History Forum
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