Rolf Kaldrack

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Rolf Kaldrack
File:Rolf Kaldrack.jpg
Born 25 June 1913
Stargard, Pomerania
Died 3 February 1942 (1942-02-04) (aged 28)
south of Toropets, Soviet Union
Allegiance  Nazi Germany
Service/branch Luftwaffe
Years of service 1934–42
Rank Hauptmann
Unit Condor Legion (A 88)
Commands held III./ZG 76
Battles/wars Spanish Civil War
World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Rolf Kaldrack (25 June 1913 – 3 February 1942) was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat.[1] Kaldrack is credited with at least 24 aerial victories, 3 of which claimed during the Spanish Civil War flying with Aufklärungsgruppe 88 of the Condor Legion.[2]

Rolf Kaldrack and his aerial gunner Unteroffizier Enke were killed in action on 3 February 1942 south of Toropets. Kaldrack flying a Messerschmitt Bf 110 E-1 "S9+IC" (Werksnummer 4057 — factory number), collided with a Mig-1 he had just shot down. Posthumously he received the 70th Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.[2]

Awards

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Citations

  1. Spick 1996, pp. 3–4.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Obermaier 1989, p. 48.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Thomas 1997, p. 344.
  4. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 217.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Scherzer 2007, p. 429.

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