Nowotny, Walter
- Date of birth:
- December 7th, 1920 (Gmünd/Lower Austria, Austria)
- Date of death:
- November 8th, 1944 (Achmer/Lower Saxony, Germany)
- Buried on:
- Zentralfriedhof Vienna
Plot: 14. Row: C. Grave: 12. - Nationality:
- Austrian (1938-1945, Reichsgau)
Biography
Walter Nowotny was Kommandeur of the I. / Jagdgeschwader 54 from August 10th 1943 till February 4th 1944.
Achieved a total of 258 aerial victories, plus another 22 unconfirmed victories.
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Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer
- Awarded on:
- July 14th, 1942
Published in the Ehrenliste der Deutschen Luftwaffe on 20th July 1942.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant
- Unit:
- I. / Jagdgeschwader 54
- Awarded on:
- August 21st, 1942
Award 1/93.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer 9. / Jagdgeschwader 54
- Awarded on:
- September 4th, 1942
547th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Awarded on:
- September 2nd, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän 1. / Jagdgeschwader 54
- Awarded on:
- September 4th, 1943
293rd Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Awarded on:
- September 9th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Awarded on:
- September 16th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur I. / Jagdgeschwader 54
- Awarded on:
- September 22nd, 1943
Awarded after 218 aerial victories.
37th Award.
37th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Awarded on:
- October 10th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Awarded on:
- October 15th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur I. / Jagdgeschwader 54
- Awarded on:
- October 19th, 1943
Awarded after 250 aerial victories.
8th Award.
8th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Awarded on:
- January 1944
Awarded by Reichsstatthalter Reichsleiter Baldur von Schirach and presented by SS-Oberführer Dipl.-Ing. Hanns Blaschke.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major (Squadron Leader)
- Awarded on:
- November 9th, 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)
Vapaudenristin 1.luokka (VR 1)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: STIWOT
- Photo 2: Johannes Liebmann (Public Domain)
- - OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- 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
- Kurowski F., Oberleutnant Otto Kittel, Der erfolgreichste Jagdflieger des Jagdgeschwaders 54, Flechsig Verlag, Würzburg, 2007
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001
- Patzwall K.D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Studien zur Geschichte der Auszeichnungen, Band 6, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008, ISBN 978-3-931533-08-3
- Lexikon der Wehrmacht
- Wehrmacht Awards
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