Horst Baldauf

Horst Baldauf
Born	24 May 1920 Hainichen, Thuringia
Died	10 June 1944(1944-06-10) (aged 24) Vinnica, Ukraine
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Luftwaffe
Years of service	?-1944
Rank	Leutnant
Unit	Fernaufklärungs-Gruppe 22
Battles/wars	World War II Eastern Front
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Horst Baldauf (24 May 1920 – 10 June 1944) was a highly decorated Leutnant in the Luftwaffe during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Horst Baldauf was killed in action on 10 June 1944. He was posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross 8 August 1944.

Awards

Flugzeugführerabzeichen
Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (21 September 1942)
Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
German Cross in Gold on 24 June 1943 as Leutnant in the 3.(H)/Aufklärungsgruppe 11^[1]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 8 August 1944 as Leutnant and Beobachter (Observer) in the 2./Fernaufklärungsgruppe 22^[2]

References

Citations

↑ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 22.
↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 103.

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 [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
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 [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

External links

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the Luftwaffe aerial reconnaissance force

Fritz Aechtner Friedrich Alpers Richard Anders Heinz Baader Hans Baasner Edwin Bader Emil Badorrek (Oak Leaves) Horst Baldauf Josef Baldes Hans Bayer Günther Becker Paul Birnkraut Joseph Bisping Werner Blume Helmut Bohlens Herward Braunegg Werner Breese Friedrich Brinckmann Rudolf Busch Nikolaus Büsen Albert Celerin Otto Debus Helmut Dörries Friedrich Dünkel Fritz Eckebrecht Franz Evers Paul Felder Waldemar Felgenhauer Herbert Findeisen Andreas Finke Erwin Fischer (Oak Leaves) Karl-Edmund Gartenfeld Alfred Gemsjäger Oskar Genrich Hans Graefe August Györy Gottfried Hagena Ludwig Hammer Fritz Heidenreich Hans Heindorff Hermann Hemmer Franz Hessinger Robert Heuer Otto Heymer Johannes Hirn Willy Hofmann Richard Hofsäss Karl Hütten Hellmut Kaeber Albert Kelbch Hans Ketscher Hans-Dietrich Klette Lothar Kmitta Konrad Knabe Wilhelm Knapp Fritz Köhler Kurt Kohlhagen Walter Krauß¹ (Oak Leaves) Helmut Kuhenne Wilhelm Küster Georg Lang Gerhard Leibnitz Hans Lotter Günter Luchtenberg Waldemar Lutsch Anton-Josef Mader Heinz Maetzel Friedrich-Karl Mahn Manfred Mänhardt Hans-Gustav Meisel Martin Meisel Artur Möhle Alfons Muggenthaler Peter-Eberhard Müllensiefen Hans Müller Karl-Heinz Najock Ludwig Nemecek Alfred Nitsch Cornelius Noell Herbert Oberweg Helmuth Orlowski Oskar Otolski Heinrich Parisius Walter Patry Hans Pentzien Armin Pfaffendorf Helmut Pleß Konrad Pöllath Günther Porsch Klaus Pritzel Bodo Proetzel Hans Prominski Erwin Prössl Erich Putzka Josef Reinardy Gerhard Reinecke Josef Remberg Rudolf Richter Theodor Rowehl Albert Scheidig Paul Schmidt Erich Schmitt Ernst Schöbitz Wolfgang Schulze Fritz Schürmeyer Hans Sehringer Wilhelm Sell Helmut Sinn Joachim Sommer Ernst Sorge Werner Spindler Friedrich Stannek Helmut Steffen Hannes Straßmair Erich Stumpe Richard Taubert Philipp-Karl Tschoerner Ludwig Wagenfeld Johannes Weineck Gustav Weippert Ernst von Weyrauch Karl-Heinz Wilke Friedrich Winter Hans Wolff Karl Wulff

¹ Oak Leaves with Schlachtgeschwader 1.

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