Georg le Coutre
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Georg le Coutre | |
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Born | Memel |
13 September 1921
Died | 8 January 2009 Bonn |
(aged 87)
Allegiance | ![]() ![]() |
Service/branch | Luftwaffe |
Years of service | 1940–45 1956–78 |
Rank | Leutnant (Wehrmacht) Oberstleutnant (Bundeswehr) |
Unit | Fallschirmjägerregiment 4 Fallschirmjägerregiment 6 |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Georg le Coutre (13 September 1921 – 8 January 2009) was a highly decorated Leutnant in the Fallschirmjäger during World War II and an Oberstleutnant in the Bundeswehr. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He was captured by American troops in February 1945, and held until 1946. In 1956 he joined the Bundeswehr and served until his retirement in 1978.
Awards and decorations
- Fallschirmschützenabzeichen (12 December 1940)[1]
- Iron Cross (1939)
- Wound Badge (1939)
- German Cross in Gold on 14 June 1944 as Feldwebel in the 4./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 4[2]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 7 February 1945 as Leutnant and leader of 10./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 6[3]
- Cuffband "Crete" (20 May 1943)[1]
References
Citations
Bibliography
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6. Unknown parameter
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- Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8. Unknown parameter
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- 1912 births
- 2009 deaths
- Fallschirmjäger of World War II
- Recipients of the Gold German Cross
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- German military personnel of the Bundeswehr
- World War II prisoners of war held by the United States
- German prisoners of war
- People from Klaipėda
- People from East Prussia