Horst Kaubisch
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Horst Kaubisch
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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 | 3 December 1915 Freital |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Lebus |
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
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Luftwaffe |
Years of service | 1936–45 |
Rank | Major |
Unit | StG 77 StG 1 SchlG 1 |
Commands held | I./StG 1 I./SG 1 |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
Horst Kaubisch (3 December 1915 – 12 February 1945) was a highly decorated Major 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. Horst Kaubisch was killed on 12 February 1945, after being hit by Soviet flak near Lebus. During his career he flew 1000 missions.[Notes 1]
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Awards and decorations
- Aviator badge
- Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold with Pennant "1000"
- Iron Cross (1939)
- Honour Goblet of the Luftwaffe (Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe) on 19 January 1942 as Oberleutnant and pilot[2]
- German Cross in Gold on 10 July 1942 as Oberleutnant in the Stab III./Sturzkampfgeschwader 77[3]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 16 November 1942 as Hauptmann and Staffelkapitän of the 9./Sturzkampfgeschwader 77[4][5]
- 505th Oak Leaves on 24 June 1944 as Major and Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Schlachtgeschwader 1[4][6]
Notes
- ↑ For a list of Luftwaffe ground attack aces see List of German World War II Ground Attack aces
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Preceded by
Hauptmann Helmut Krebs
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Commander of 1. Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 15 July 1943 – 18 October 1943 |
Succeeded by Merged into Schlachtgeschwader 1 |
Preceded by
Hauptmann Siegfried Steinhoff
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Commander of 1. Schlachtgeschwader 1 17 June 1943 – 12 February 1945 |
Succeeded by Hauptmann Artur Pipan |