Kiel, Rudolf

Date of birth:: October 25th, 1911 (Sondershausen/Thüringen, Germany)
Date of death:: July 1st, 2003 (Murnau/Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Major
Unit:: RLM L.In.2
Awarded on:: July 19th, 1943

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann
Unit:: Gruppenkommandeur I./Kampfgeschwader 55 'Greif'
Awarded on:: December 20th, 1941

Awarded for his successes during the Blitzkrieg years, especially as a bomber Gruppe commander during Operation Barbarossa. In the fighting east of Kiev he and his crews destroyed 58 trains, 22 tanks and 675 trucks.

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- URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.
- Verleihungsurkunde Ritterkreuz
- Eisernes Kreuz

Kiel, Rudolf

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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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