Rudolf Bornhof

Rudolf Bornhof
Born	28 May 1914 Rogasen
Died	26 January 1944(1944-01-26) (aged 29) Mjedwed, Russia
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1937–45
Rank	Hauptmann of the Reserves
Unit	Jäger-Regiment 38
Battles/wars	World War II Annexation of the Sudetenland Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Siege of Leningrad
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Rudolf Bornhof (28 May 1914 – 26 January 1944) was a highly decorated Hauptmann of the Reserves in the Wehrmacht 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. Rudolf Bornhof died on 26 January 1944 near Mjedwed, Russia.

Awards and decorations

Sudetenland Medal with Prague Castle Bar
Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (3 June 1940)
- 1st Class (20 September 1940)
Wound Badge (1939)
- in Black
- in Silver
Eastern Front Medal
Infantry Assault Badge
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 3 May 1942 as Leutnant of the Reserves and leader of the 1./Jäger-Regiment 38^[1]

References

Citations

↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 120.

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.
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 8th Jäger Division (8th Infantry Division)

Stab	Gustav Höhne¹ (Oak Leaves) Rudolf Koch-Erpach Christian Philipp Friedrich-Jobst Volckamer von Kirchensittenbach

Infanterie/Jäger-Regiment 28	Erhard Berner Herbert Böhme Karl Hausmann Herbert Kadenbach Erhard Kleindienst Erwin Klose Hugo Lüdcke August Machowsky Max Mecklenburg Johannes Morawietz Joachim Ott Hellmuth Schoen Ernst Wawrok Franz Weber Josef Wiechoczek Kurt Witschel (Oak Leaves)

Infanterie/Jäger-Regiment 38	Rudolf Bornhof Johann-Heinrich Eckhardt² (Oak Leaves) Johann Einfalt Georg Herrmann Alfred Jarosch Arthur Jüttner³ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Gerhard Kollehn Johannes Lawrenz Fritz Müller⁴ (Oak Leaves) Walter Oppermann Alois Prochazka Robert Rahlenbeck Rudolf Roesner Kurt Tiesler Erich Wagner Alois Zepner

Infanterie-Regiment 84	Lothar Berger⁵ (Oak Leaves) Horst Großmann⁶ (Oak Leaves) Friedrich-Wilhelm Proske Erich Ring

Artillerie-Regiment 8	Wilhelm Bürgel Friedrich Filzinger Ewald Koj?

Panzerjäger-Abteilung 8	Eduard Wintershoff

Aufklärungs/Radfahr-Abteilung 8	Waldemar von Knoop Günter Westberg

Pionier-Bataillon 8	Werner Hartmann Arthur Pasternak Rudolf Schön

¹Oak Leaves with Korps "Laux". ²Oak Leaves with the 211th Infantry Division. ³Oak Leaves with Grenadier-Regiment 532 (383rd Infantry Division), Swords with Grenadier-Regiment 164 (62nd Volksgrenadier Division). ⁴Oak Leaves with Grenadier-Regiment 208 (79th Infantry Division). ⁵Oak Leaves with Brigade z.b.V. 100. ⁶Oak Leaves with the 6th Infantry Division. This along with the ? (question mark) indicates doubt regarding the veracity and formal correctness of the listing.

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