Johannes Naumann

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Johannes Naumann
Nickname(s) "Fokke"
Born 11 October 1917
Dresden
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Fürstenfeldbruck
Allegiance  Nazi Germany (to 1945)
 West Germany
Service/branch Luftwaffe (Wehrmacht)
Luftwaffe (Bundeswehr)
Rank Major
Oberst
Unit JG 26, JG 6, JG 7
Commands held II./JG 26, II./JG 6, III./JG 7
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Johannes Naumann (11 October 1917 – 22 March 2010) is a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes ) during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Naumann was credited with 34 aerial victories claimed in roughly 350 combat missions during World War II.[1]

Naumann credit his father with inspiring him to become a fighter pilot. In May 2008, interviewer James Holland asked Naumann why he wanted to fly fighters, to which he responded, "The most important reason was that my father was a pilot in the 1st World War. My father told me a lot of his experiences, so it was not a difficult decision for me."[2] Naumann went on to fly both the Me 109 and the Fw 190 in combat during World War II, and while he also trained on the Me 262, he never flew the jet operationally.[2]

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Citations

  1. Obermaier 1989, p. 172.
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  3. Patzwall 2008, p. 152.
  4. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 326.
  5. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 321.
  6. Scherzer 2007, p. 563.

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