Siegfried Betke

Siegfried Betke
Born	8 March 1917 Lenzen
Died	20 December 1988(1988-12-20) (aged 71) Cochem
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 North African Campaign Italian Campaign
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

• Flugzeugführerabzeichen
• Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (11 January 1943)
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
• German Cross in Gold on 17 October 1943 as Oberleutnant in the 3./Kampfgeschwader 77
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 8 August 1944 as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitän of the 9./Kampfgeschwader 26

References

Bibliography

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. 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. CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
• 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. CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2. CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)

External links

• Ritterkreuztraeger 1939–1945
• World War 2 Awards.com