Siegfried Betke

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Siegfried Betke
Born 8 March 1917
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Allegiance  Nazi Germany (to 1945)
 West Germany
Service/branch Luftwaffe (Wehrmacht)
Luftwaffe (Bundeswehr)
Years of service ?–1945
1950's-1973
Rank Hauptmann (Wehrmacht)
Oberstleutnant (Bundeswehr)
Unit Kampfgeschwader 77
Kampfgeschwader 26
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Siegfried Betke (8 March 1917 – 20 December 1988) was a Luftwaffe bomber pilot and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Siegfried Betke joined the Bundeswehr in the 1950s and retired in 1973 as an Oberstleutnant.

Awards

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Citations

  1. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 40.
  2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 112.

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