Names and Statistics for Winners of KC with Oak Leaf

[astrelick]

During a recent trip to Germany I purchased a German magazine, "Internationales Militaria-Magazin", February-March 2002 edition. One of the articles may be of particular interest to some of you. The title is "Die Eichenlaubtraeger des Unteroffizierskorps." The KC with Oak Leaf of the Non-commissioned ranks. It lists statistics and details of 38 winners of this coveted award from the Army and Air Force. If anyone is interested, I can look up individuals. I don't think I have the time to list all of them or the various statistic tables. Let me know.
Art

[Denis]

Hello Art

By checking my sources, i listed 36 E.M/N.C.O who were awarded Oakleaves. Here they are (sorted by alphabetical order) :

ARNDT FRITZ
BEERENBOCK FRANZ-JOSEF
BOIGK HEINRICH
BONK GEORG
BORCHARDT HELMUTH
BRAUN CHRISTIAN
CRINIUS WILHELM
HOFFMANN HEINRICH
HRUSTAK MARTIN
KAMINSKY EMIL
KARL JOSEF
KERSCHER ALBERT
KOCH WILLI
KOHNZ BRUNO
KÖPPEN GERHARD
KRUSE ERNST
KUNERT GERHARD
KUTSCHKAU ERNST
MATERN ALFRED
MÖSE WALTER
PETERSEN FRITZ
PILARSKI HUBERT
PRIMOZIC HUGO
REINERT ERNST-WILHELM
REUTER BENNO
RIETSCHER GEORG
SCHLEE RUDOLF
SCHREIBER JOSEF
SCHWERDFEGER JOHANN
STEINBATZ LEOPOLD
STOTZ MAXIMILIAN
STRIPPEL HANS
STÜHMER GUSTAV
SÜSS WALTER
VINKE HEINZ
WEGERER FERDINAND


Who are the 2 missing ones ?

Thanks for the help

Regards

Denis

[astrelick]

Missing

Denis:
I actually have three names!!! It seems that Kerscher, Albert is not on my list. The missing three are:

1. Hauptmann Josef Zwernemann, Flugzeugfueher in der 7.J.G. 52,
Ritterkreuz am 23.061942 als Oberfeldwebel 141.
Eichenlaub am 31.10.1942 als Oberfeldwebel.

2. Leutnant Rudolf Frank, Flugzeugfueher in der 2./Nacht-Jagd-Geschwader 3,
Ritterkreuz am 06.04.1944 als Feldwebel 531.
Eichenlaub am 20.07.1944 als Oberfeldwebel.

3. Oberfeldwebel Ernst Schneider, 11./Jaeg. Rgt. 207,
Ritterkreuz am 27.06/1942 als Oberfeldwebel 389.
Eichenlaub am 10.02.1944.

I hope that this helps.

Art

[Denis]

Hello Art
In fact I have not listed the 3 guys because according to my info, they were awarded the oakleaves as leutnant.

- Zwenermann :
EL 31/10/42 as Lt. 7/J.G. 52

- Frank :
EL 20/07/44 (the day the plot was commited against AH !!) as Lt. 2/N.J.G. 3

- Schneider (for his first name, I(ve got Josef and not Ernst)
EL 10/02/44 as Lt. d.R. 13/JÄG. RGT. 207

After checking on http://www.das-ritterkreuz.de/, it seems that zwernemann and Frank received OL both as Ofw.
However, Schneider is "ranked" as Lt. d.R. and would not consequently been taken into account.
To be sure, I must check with Fellgebiel's listing which is the reference in that matter but I don't have the book with me for the moment (Office Internet access ).

Thanks for the info

Denis

[Denis]

Hi
Yesterday, I checked by reading Fellgebiel's masterwork and I was wrong :
Zvernemann and Frank were both awarded the coveted Oakleaves as N.C.O.
Need to update my database
Thanks Art

Regards
Denis