Knights Cross Recipients Who Are Still Living

[Wijtman01]

No WAY

[Nidhøggr]

Really sad news...
RIP Herr Rall!

[ardennes1944]

Oh no !,very sad news

There remain only three Schwerternträger now ....

RIP Herr Rall.

[Douglas Jr.]

This news ruined my day.
I really admired Rall. A true gentleman, leader and warrior.
Rest in Peace!

Douglas

[ardennes1944]

Hi

Karl-Ludwig JOHANSSEN (Luftwaffe)

*15.05.1921
+11.08.2009

RK : 20.03.1945

Phil.

[Tommy Tasker]

Hi

Karl-Ludwig JOHANSSEN (Luftwaffe)

*15.05.1921
+11.08.2009

RK : 20.03.1945

Phil.

Thats very sad news on K-L Johanssen, and very sad news on Schwertertraeger Gunter Rall, will be sorely missed.

[Paul E]

Major
Schölß, Josef
* 22.03.1916 Ingolstadt/Oberbayern
+ 22.08.2009 Fürstenfeldbruck (Krankenhaus)
Ritterkreuz am: 25.05.1943
als: Hauptmann
Funktion: Staffelkapitän 3./KG 51
Bes. Vermerke: Bundeswehr laut Helmut Hartlage.
Bundeswehr: Von 01.03.1956 bis 31.03.1972
Zuletzt: Oberstleutnant

[Paul E]

Hauptmann der Reserve

Prof. Dr. Dr. Hans-Heinrich Jescheck

* 10.01.1915 Liegnitz/Schlesien

+ 27.09.2009 Freiburg im Breisgau

Ritterkreuz am 05.03.1945 als Hauptmann der Reserve und Führer PzAufklAbt 118

[Fallschirmjag82]

All,

That is very sad news concerning General Rall. I just received a letter with pictures he signed for me post marked 28 September 2009. He was a great individual and role model for all.

V/R
Don

[ardennes1944]

update 8.10.2009

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

Waldemar von Gazen (Heer)
Hajo Herrmann (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)



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 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)

Rudolf Munser (Heer)
Johannes Naumann (Luftwaffe)
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)

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)

Helmut Wieselhuber (Heer)

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

Max Zastrow (Heer)
Dr. Gerhard Zoppoth (Heer)

Regards

[ardennes1944]

Hi

Heinrich SCHARFF (Heer) is still alive

RK: 23.08.1943

PS: refuses any contact on his military past.

Phil.

[Phil_C]

I notice ELT Bodo Spranz is not on the list, when did he pass away?

[ardennes1944]

I notice ELT Bodo Spranz is not on the list, when did he pass away?

+ 1.09.2007 Bremen

Phil.

[Nidhøggr]

Karl-Heinz Wiebe (Kriegsmarine) is still alive.

Born: April 10 1916
RK: May 22 1944 as chief engineer on U-178

PS: Refuses any contact on his military past

[Pierre]

Karl-Heinz Wiebe (Kriegsmarine) is still alive.

Born: April 10 1916
RK: May 22 1944 as chief engineer on U-178

PS: Refuses any contact on his military past

Same thing for Rolf Hermichen who doesn't to talk about his past in the Luftwaffe.

Pierre