Egon Aghta

Egon Aghta
Born	(1918-01-29)29 January 1918 Berlin
Died	2 May 1945(1945-05-02) (aged 27) Berlin
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1939–45
Rank	Hauptmann
Unit	Sprengkommando I/Luftgau III
Battles/wars	World War II Battle of Berlin †
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Egon August Aghta (29 January 1918 – 2 May 1945) was a highly decorated Hauptmann in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub). 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. Egon Aghta was a bomb disposal technician and was responsible for defusing unexploded ordnance. He was killed by Soviet troops during the Battle of Berlin.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (14 December 1941)
  • 1st Class (18 June 1943)
• Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Gold
• German Cross in Gold (19 January 1945)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 3 February 1945 as Oberleutnant and Sprengmeister Sprengkommando der Luftwaffe I/Luftgau III Berlin
  • 778th Oak Leaves on 12 March 1945 as Oberleutnant and Sprengmeister Führer Sprengkommandos I/Luftgau III Berlin

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)
• 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)
• Stockert, Peter (2008). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 8 (in German). Bad Friedrichshall, Germany: Friedrichshaller Rundblick. OCLC 76072662. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• Thamm, August (2005). Egon August Agtha—Feuerwerker und Sprengkommandoführer Berlin 1945 (in German). pro literatur Verlag. ISBN 3-86611-034-0.
• Thomas, Franz (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2299-6. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

External links

• World War 2 Awards.com
• Lexikon der Wehrmacht
• Ritterkreuztrager 1939-1945