Knights Cross Recipients Who Are Still Living

[ardennes1944]

update 13.09.2009

Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords: - Alphabetical

Waldemar von Gazen (Heer)
Hajo Herrmann (Luftwaffe)
Günther Rall (Luftwaffe)
Erich Rudorffer (Luftwaffe)

Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves: - Alphabetical

Otto Carius (Heer)
Kurt Dahlmann (Luftwaffe)
Oskar Hubert Dennhardt (Heer)

Martin Drewes (Luftwaffe)
Klaus Feldt (Kriegsmarine)
Walter Girg (SS)
Hermann Greiner (Luftwaffe)
Reinhard Hardegen (Kriegsmarine)
Rolf Hermichen (Luftwaffe)
Albert Kerscher (Heer)
Franz Kieslich (Luftwaffe)
Hans Gunther Lange (Kriegsmarine)
Georg Lassen (Kriegsmarine)
Kuno von Meyer (Heer)
Dr. Josef Georg Mulzer (Heer)
Heinz Rökker (Luftwaffe)
Heinrich Ruhl (Heer)
Wolfgang Schenck (Luftwaffe)
Walter Schuck (Luftwaffe)
Johann Schwerdfeger (Heer)
Gerhard Simons (Heer)
Georg Störck (Heer)
Wilhelm Weidenbrück (Heer)
Dr. Eberhard Zahn (Heer)
Paul Zorner (Luftwaffe)

Knight's Cross: - Alphabetical

Friedrich Adrario (Heer)
Hinrich Ahrens (Heer)
Heinz Angelmaier (Heer)
Dietrich Ascher (Heer)
Erich Axthammer (Luftwaffe)

Erwin Bachmann (SS)


Herbert Bartels (Luftwaffe)
Karl-Ludwig Barths (Heer)
Ludwig Bauer (Heer)
Artur Becker- Neetz (Heer)
Karl Heinz Becker (Heer)
Winrich Behr (Heer)
Dr. Anton Benning (Luftwaffe)
Frhr. Werner von Beschwitz (Heer)
Heinz Beutler ( Heer)
Gunther Bierbrauer (Luftwaffe)
Georg Bleher (Heer)

Kurt Bischof (Heer)
Hans Ekkehard Bob (Luftwaffe)
Engelbert Bockhoff (Heer)
Walter Boehm (Heer)
Joachim Boosfeld (SS)
Hans Georg Borck (Heer)
Georg Bose (Heer)
Gunther Braake (Heer)
Max Brandenburg (Luftwaffe )
Paul Brasack (Kriegsmarine)
Hugo Broch (Luftwaffe)
Karl Brommann (SS)
Friedrich Buck (SS)
Arthur Büssecker ( Luftwaffe)

Friedrich Carl (Heer)


Dieter Damerius (Heer)
Fritz Darges (SS)
Erwin Diekwisch (Luftwaffe)
Albert Dubicki (Heer)

Dipl. Ing. Helmut Eberspächer (Luftwaffe)
Hermann Eckardt (Heer)
Alfred Eick (Kriegsmarine)
Hans Eikmeier (Heer)
Karl Heinz Euling (SS)

Walter Fasel (Heer)
Gerhard Fischer (Heer)
Gerhard Fischer (SS)
Gunther Frenzel (Luftwaffe)
Sigfried Freyer (Heer)
Herbert Fries (Luftwaffe)

Franz Gapp (Luftwaffe)
Walter Gerhold ( Kriegsmarine)
Siegfried Gerstner (Luftwaffe)
Dieter Gläsche (Heer)
Karl Glaetzer (Heer)
Gunter Glasner (Luftwaffe)


Leopold Hackl (Luftwaffe)
Gunther Halm (Heer)
Willi Hammerich (Heer)
Josef Hammerschmidt (Heer)
Karl Gunther von Hase (Heer)
Eberhard Heder (SS)
Hans Joachim Heinrici (Heer)
Othmar Hermes (Heer)
Justin Hönig (Heer)
Ahrend Höper (Heer)
Werner Hoffmann (Luftwaffe)
Willi Hümmerich (Heer)

Siegfried Jamrowski (Luftwaffe)

Helmut Jeserer (Heer)
Karl Ludwig Johanssen (Luftwaffe)
Karl Kainz (Heer)
Soren Kam (SS)
August Kaminski (Heer)

Hans Klaus (Luftwaffe)
Paul Georg Kleffel (Heer)

Karl Heinz Knollmann (Heer)
Helmut Klemann (Heer)
Peter Kox (Heer)
Gerhard Krems (Luftwaffe)
Erwin Kressmann (Heer)
Heinz Krettek (Heer)
Theo Kroj (Heer)
Wilhelm Kröhne (Heer)
Prof. Dr. Fritz Krück (Heer)

Walter Kuhn (Heer)
Hermann Kunz (Heer)


Ludwig lang (Heer)
Fritz Langanke (SS)

Ludwig Laubmeier (Heer)
Wilhelm Lehner (Heer)
Helmut von Leipzig (Heer)
Karl Wilhelm Lindemann (Heer)


Hermann Mangels (Heer)
Siegmund Matheja (Heer)
Maximilian Mayerl (Luftwaffe)
Julius Meimberg (Luftwaffe)
Ludwig Meister (Luftwaffe)
Kuno von Meyer (Heer)
Wilhelm Moritz (Luftwaffe)
Gerhard Möws (Heer)
A. Müller (?)
Rudolf Munser (Heer)

Ernst Neufeld (Heer)
Lorenz Neumayr (Heer)
Wilhelm Noller (Luftwaffe)
Harald Nugiseks (SS)

Dieter Oster (Luftwaffe)
Jürgen Oesten (Kriegsmarine)




Frhr. Robert von Prochazka (Heer)
Georg Pröhl (Luftwaffe)
Erwin Prössl (Luftwaffe)

Karl Rademacher (Heer)
Heinz Rafoth (Heer)

Dr. Alfred Regeniter (Heer)
Max Heimo Rehbein (Heer)
Heinz Remmert (Heer)
Willi Reschke (Luftwaffe)
Erich Reuter (Heer)
Ernst -Martin Rhein (Heer)
Rudolf von Ribbentrop (SS)
Heinz Ritter (Heer)


Josef Rollecke (SS)
Heinz Rothhardt (Heer)
Karl Ruef (Heer)
Heinrich Ruhl (Heer)
Freidrich Rumpelhardt (Luftwaffe)

Kurt Sametreiter (SS)
Oskar Schäfer (SS)
Hermann Schleinhege (Luftwaffe)
Erich Schlemminger (Heer)
Bruno Schmelzinger (Heer)
Alois Schnaubelt (SS)
Karl Heinz Schnell (Luftwaffe)
Herbert Schneider (Luftwaffe)
Josef Schölss (Luftwaffe)
Gunther Seeger (Luftwaffe)
Karl Selinger (Heer)
Gunther Sempert (Luftwaffe)
Fritz Seyffardt (Luftwaffe)

Heinrich Sonne (SS)
Dr. Hubert Spadiut (Luftwaffe)


Paul Heinrich Stoll (Heer)
Hans Hermann Sturm (Heer)
Heinrich Südel (Luftwaffe)
Heinrich Timpe (Heer)
Willy Tscherning (Luftwaffe)
Hans Uhde(Heer)
Fritz Vehse (Heer)
Viktor Vitali (Luftwaffe)
Georg Vögerl (Luftwaffe)
Helmut Vögtle (Heer)

Wilhelm Walther (Heer)
Gunter Wanhofer (SS)
Franz Weber (Heer)
Anton Wehinger (Heer)
Hermann Wehking (Heer)
Wilhelm Weißberg (Luftwaffe)
Helmut Wieselhuber (Heer)

Dietrich Witzel-Kirn (Heer)
Walter Wolfrum (Luftwaffe)
Gunther Wrona (Heer)
Achim Wunderlich (Heer)

Max Zastrow (Heer)
Dr. Gerhard Zoppoth (Heer)[/QUOTE]

Regards

Phil.[/QUOTE]

[Douglas Jr.]

Hi

Artur PIPAN

* 5.12.1919
+ 1.08.2009

RK 6.04.1944

Phil.

Very sad news!
Pipan was one of my favourite Stuka pilots.
RIP.

Douglas.

[JulioMoc]

Less then 200 of them are left... (191)

[Ian Jewison]

Hi

Artur PIPAN

* 5.12.1919
+ 1.08.2009

RK 6.04.1944

Phil.

Everytime I read this thread it is sad news.....especially if it is someone I corresponded with regularly. I received a letter and info from Herr Pipan only in June/July regarding himself and a Stabsoffizier he knew and I have documents to....
Now he is reunited with his wife.

RIP

Ian

[Paul E]

Hauptmann
Pipan, Artur
* 05.12.1919 Velden am Wörthersee/Kärnten/Österreich
+ 01.08.2009 Klagenfurt (Todesort nicht amtlich)
Ritterkreuz am: 06.04.1944
als: Oberleutnant
Funktion: Staffelkapitän 5./StukaG 1
Bes. Vermerke: Von 1956 bis zum 01.01.1982 im ÖBH. 1981 zum Brigadier befördert; zuletzt Kommandeur des Flieger-Regiments 2.

Österreichisches Bundesheer: Von bis
Zuletzt: Brigadier

RIP Artur , a really nice guy.

[Nidhøggr]

Very sad news...

[Tommy Tasker]

A great career soldier who will be missed.

[PBR]

Any chance to getvia PM Herr Ribbentrop adress to have a signed photo?

Thanks

[ardennes1944]

Hi

Oberleutnant

Hans-Jürgen KLUSSMANN ( Luftwaffe)

* 11.04.1923 Hannover
+ 25.08.2009 Böllenborn

RK: 9.11.1944

Phil.

[Mark C. Yerger]

It is a depressing thread to see, but good for those who wrote someone on a regular basis, are unaware someone passed away, and want to send the family a card.

I wrote with over 125 Waffen-SS KC holders, now less than 20 of that branch survive and some of them are in very poor health. It is a sad life reality for all veterans of all countries from that era.

[Ernst Udet]

I have been following this thread with great interest and today I accidentally came across a short article at www.military-art.com/ where it says that Walter Girg is deceased. I could not find any reference to that statement here or elsewhere, is it true or false? Further more have anyone been in contact with him lately?

[ardennes1944]

Hi

Anton HEINEMANN ( Luftwaffe)

RK : 17.04.1945 is still alive.

Phil.

[Nidhøggr]

Hermann Schleinhege (Luftwaffe)

His son told me that Mr. Schleinhege passed away.
But i don´t have a date of his death.

[Tommy Tasker]

Hermann Schleinhege (Luftwaffe)

His son told me that Mr. Schleinhege passed away.
But i don´t have a date of his death.

Thats very sad if true as i corresponded with him a lot.

[Nidhøggr]

Hermann Schleinhege (Luftwaffe)

His son told me that Mr. Schleinhege passed away.
But i don´t have a date of his death.

Forget my post...
Mr. Schleinhege is still alive. I don´t know why this guy said to me that his father was a kc-holder....
It was another Herman Schleinhege.
The KC Holder is still alive!
I´m sorry!