Eduard Skrzipek
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Eduard Skrzipek
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Six men all wearing military uniforms and decorations standing in row. The third man from the far right is shaking hands with another man.
Friedrich Lang, Erich Hartmann and Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer receive the Oak Leaves with Swords, Horst Kaubisch, Eduard Skrzipek and Adolf Glunz the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross from Adolf Hitler
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Born | 26 June 1917 Beuthen, Upper Silesia |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Pilsen |
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
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Luftwaffe |
Years of service | 1937–45 |
Rank | Hauptmann |
Unit | KG 27 |
Commands held | 14./KG 27 |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
Eduard Skrzipek (26 June 1917 – 25 February 1945) was a highly decorated Hauptmann in the Luftwaffe during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Skrzipek was killed in a flying accident in Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 on 25 February 1945.
Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross (1939)
- Honour Goblet of the Luftwaffe (Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe) on 17 November 1941 as Leutnant and pilot[2]
- German Cross in Gold on 27 May 1942 as Leutnant in the 5./Kampfgeschwader 27[3]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 16 April 1943 as Oberleutnant and pilot in the 5./Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"[4][5]
- 509th Oak Leaves on 24 June 1944 as Hauptmann and Staffelkapitän of the 14.(Eis)/Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"[4][6]
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