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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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at 10:07. The second B-24 bomber was then forced from formation at 10:15 20 kilometers (12 miles) southwest of Berlin. At 10:20, he shot down a B-24 bomber near
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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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Prien, Jochen; Stemmer, Gerhard; Bock, Winfried; Balke, Ulf (2020).
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Das
Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II
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The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and
Recipients Volume 2
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265:Alfred Lindenberger.
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773:Knight's Cross with
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750:Kurd Peters
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349:Citations
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239:Adlershof
201:actions.
183:Luftwaffe
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