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Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des
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The Knight's Cross
Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal
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February to June 1943. He was taken prisoner by the Soviet forces on 10 May 1945. Bormann returned from imprisonment in the Soviet Union in October 1955. He earned a Doctorate before dying in
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Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches
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Die Träger des
Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile
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Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918
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Jagdfliegerverbände der Deutschen Luftwaffe 1934 bis 1945—Teil 1—Vorkriegszeit und Einsatz über Polen—1934 bis 1939
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rise to power, Bormann was commissioned as a captain in the
Luftwaffe. From 1 April 1935 to 31 May 1938, he was a
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Bormann was a flying instructor from 1 August 1925 to 30 September 1930, at the nascent
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for Kampfgeschwader Boelcke. From 1 July to 31 October 1938, he commanded III.
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He joined Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 82 on 17 August 1915 as a
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The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Bomber Fliers—Volume 1
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