Siegfried Huber

Siegfried Huber
Born	2 September 1914 Kitzingen, Germany
Died	19 January 1943 (aged 28) Soviet Union
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Luftwaffe
Years of service	?–1943
Rank	Oberfeldwebel
Unit	Sturzkampfgeschwader 2
Battles/wars	World War II Annexation of the Sudetenland Eastern Front
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Siegfried Huber (2 September 1914 – 19 January 1943) was a highly decorated Oberfeldwebel in the Luftwaffe during World War II, and 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.

Awards and decorations

• Aviator badge (6 January 1938)
• Sudetenland Medal with Prague Castle Bar (1 December 1939)
• War Merit Cross with Swords
  • 2nd Class (15 December 1940)
• Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold (25 December 1941)
• Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (1942)
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class (21 November 1941)
• Eastern Front Medal (20 August 1942)
• German Cross in Gold (19 March 1942)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 3 April 1943 as Oberfeldwebel and pilot in the 7./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"^[1]

References

Citations

1. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 195.

Bibliography

• Brütting, Georg (1992) [1976]. Das waren die deutschen Stuka-Asse 1939 – 1945 [These were the German Stuka Aces 1939 – 1945] (in German) (7th ed.). Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch. ISBN 978-3-87943-433-6.
• 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

World War 2 Awards.com