Knapp, Wilhelm

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Date of birth:: August 25th, 1912 (Lübeck/Lübeck, Germany)
Date of death:: June 10th, 1944 (Gießen/Hesse, Germany)
Nationality:: German

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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:: 3.(Fern) Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe 121, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:: February 5th, 1942

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:: Staffelkapitän, 3.(Fern) Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe 123, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:: November 2nd, 1940

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Sources

- FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.

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